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Azure DevOps Roadmap

Product roadmap

This feature list is a peek into our roadmap. It identifies some of the significant features we are currently working on and a rough timeframe for when you can expect to see them. It is not comprehensive but is intended to provide some visibility into key investments. At the top you will find a list of our large multi-quarter initiatives and the features that they break down into. Further down you will find the full list of significant features we have planned.

Each feature is linked to an article where you can learn more about a particular item. These features and dates are the current plans and are subject to change. The Timeframe columns reflect when we expect the feature to be available.

Initiatives

GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps

GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps (GHAzDO) brings additional security features to Azure DevOps under an additional license. Any project collection administrator can now enable Advanced Security for their organization, projects and repos from the Project Settings or Organization Settings.

The main capabilities of GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps are:

Secret Scanning: Detect and remediate plaintext secrets in your git repositories. If push protection is enabled, it also detects and blocks secrets before they are pushed to your repositories.
Code Scanning: Search for potential security vulnerabilities and coding errors in your code using CodeQL or a third-party tool.
Dependency Scanning: Detect and alert when your code depends on a package that is insecure and receive straightforward remediation guidance.

You can learn more about how to configure GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps in our documentation.

Upcoming capabilities we expect to deliver include:

Feature	Area	Quarter
Determine detected partner secrets validity	GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps	2025 Q3
Link Boards items to Advanced Security Alerts	GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps	2025 Q3
Automatically fix detected dependency scanning vulnerabilities with Dependabot security updates	GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps	Future
CodeQL default setup (one-click enablement)	GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps	Future

Minimizing the risks associated with credential theft

Azure DevOps supports many different authentication mechanisms, including basic authentication, personal access tokens (PATs), SSH, and Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) access tokens. These mechanisms are not created equally from a security perspective, especially when it comes to the potential for credential theft. For example, unintended leakage of credentials like PATs can let malicious actors into Azure DevOps organizations where they can gain access to critical assets like source code, pivot toward supply chain attacks, or even pivot toward compromising production infrastructure. To minimize the risks of credential theft, we will focus our efforts in the upcoming quarters in the following areas:

Enable administrators to improve authentication security through control plane policies.
Reducing the need for PATs and other stealable secrets by adding support for more secure alternatives.
Deepening Azure DevOps' integration with Microsoft Entra ID to better support its various security features.
Avoiding the need to store production secrets in Azure Pipelines service connections.

Feature	Area	Quarter
PAT lifecycle APIs	General	2022 Q4
Control plane for personal access tokens (PAT)	General	2022 Q4
Managed Identity and Service Principal support (preview)	General	2023 Q1
Workload identity federation for Azure Deployments (preview)	Pipelines	2023 Q3
Granular scopes for Azure Active Directory OAuth	General	2023 Q3
Managed Identity and Service Principal support (GA)	General	2023 Q3
Workload identity federation for Azure service connection (GA)	Pipelines	2024 Q1
Workload identity federation for Docker service connection	Pipelines	2024 H2
Full web support for Conditional Access Policies	General	2024 Q4
Policies to disable the use of personal access tokens (PAT)	General	2025 Q2
Workload identity federation using Entra-issued tokens	Pipelines	2025 Q3
PAT-less authentication from pipeline tasks to Azure DevOps APIs	Pipelines	2025 Q3
Continuous access evaluation	General	Future
Using device bound Entra tokens in Azure DevOps	General	Future

Improved Boards + GitHub Integration

The existing Azure Boards + GitHub integration has been in place for several years now. The integration is a great starting point, but it does not offer the level of traceability that our customers have grown accustomed to. Based on customer feedback, we have put together set of investments to enhance this integration. Our goal is to improve upon it so that Azure Boards customers who choose to use GitHub repositories can maintain an equivalent level of traceability to having repositories in Azure DevOps.

These investments include:

Feature	Area	Quarter
Add link to GitHub commit or pull request from work item	Boards	2024 Q1
Show more details about a GitHub pull request	Boards	2024 Q1
Improve scalability when searching and linking GitHub repos to an Azure DevOps project	Boards	2024 Q2
AB# links on GitHub pull request	Boards	2024 Q2
Create branch on GitHub repository from work item	Boards	2024 Q3
Auto link the merge commit	Boards	2025 Q1
Automatically link pull requests when linked to a GitHub branch	Boards	2025 Q1
Automatically remove branch links when their corresponding GitHub branches are deleted	Boards	2025 Q1
Show build status when using a YAML build pipeline with GitHub repository	Boards	2025 Q1
Support state transitions when merging a GitHub pull request	Boards	2025 Q2
! mentions support for GitHub pull requests	Boards	2025 Q2
MCP Server for Azure DevOps (preview)	General	2025 Q2
Support for GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency	Boards	2025 Q3
Support work item integration with the GitHub Copilot coding agent (preview)	Boards	2025 Q4

Migrate to Managed DevOps Pools

Managed DevOps Pools is an evolution of Azure DevOps Virtual Machine Scale Set agent pools. It provides better pool scalability and reliability, simplifies pool management, and allows you to use the VM images from Microsoft-hosted agents on custom Azure VMs. You can read more about Managed DevOps Pools here. Features to support new scenarios will be added to Managed DevOps Pools and not Virtual Machine Scale Set pools. Managed DevOps Pools is generally available, so you can migrate your Virtual Machine Scale Set pools to Managed DevOps Pools and use them for production workflows, wherever possible.

You will find the detailed roadmap here

YAML and release pipelines feature parity

For the past several years, all our pipelines investments have been in the area of YAML pipelines. Furthermore, all our security improvements have been for YAML pipelines. For example, with YAML pipelines, the control over protected resources (e.g., repositories, service connections, etc.) is in the hands of the resource owners as opposed to pipeline authors. The job access tokens that are used in YAML pipelines are scoped to specific repositories that are specified in the YAML file. These are just two examples of security features that are available for YAML pipelines. For these reasons, we recommend using YAML pipelines over classic. Adoption of YAML over classic has been significant for builds (CI). However, many customers have continued to use classic release management pipelines over YAML for releases (CD). The primary reason for this is the lack of parity in various CD features between the two solutions. Over the past year, we addressed several gaps in this area, notably in Checks. Checks are the primary mechanism in YAML pipelines to gate promotion of a build from one stage to another. We will continue to address gaps in other areas over the next year. Our focus will be on user experiences, traceability, and environments.

Feature	Area	Quarter
Auditing for checks	Pipelines	2022 Q4
Custom variables in checks	Pipelines	2023 Q1
Checks scalability	Pipelines	2023 Q2
Bypass approvals and checks	Pipelines	2023 Q4
Sequencing approvals and other checks	Pipelines	2024 Q1
Deferred approvals	Pipelines	2024 Q1
Rerun single stage	Pipelines	2024 Q1
Manual queuing of stages	Pipelines	2024 H2
Stage-level concurrency	Pipelines	2024 Q3
Stage-level traceability	Pipelines	2025 Q3
On-demand out of order execution of stages	Pipelines	2025 Q3
Service connections in checks	Pipelines	Future
Checks extensibility	Pipelines	Future

Azure Test Plans improvements

Azure DevOps provides a variety of testing tools and integrations to support different testing needs. These include manual testing, automated testing, and exploratory testing. The platform allows for the creation and management of test plans and test suites, which can be used to track manual testing for sprints or milestones. Additionally, Azure DevOps integrates with CI/CD pipelines, enabling automated test execution and reporting.

We are ramping up our investments in this area in response to feedback from our most active customer base. Our focus will be on the following aspects of test management: improving end-to-end test traceability; extending support for various programming languages and frameworks for automated testing in Test Plans; redesigning workflows and experiences for consuming test runs and test results.

Below, you will find several investments that we plan to deliver as part of this initiative:

Feature	Area	Quarter
Restore deleted test plans and test suites using REST API	Test Plans	2025 Q1
Auto-pause manual test case run	Test Plans	2025 Q1
Support for Java (JUnit) in Azure Test Plans	Test Plans	2025 Q2
Support for Python (PyTest) in Azure Test Plans	Test Plans	2025 Q2
Support for JavaScript (Jest) in Azure Test Plans	Test Plans	2025 Q2
Resume paused test cases on by default	Test Plans	2025 Q2
Advanced Test Case result history	Test Plans	2025 Q2
View Test Case State in Execute Tab	Test Plans	2025 Q2
New Test Plans directory	Test Plans	2025 Q2
Support YAML pipelines in Azure Test Plans	Test Plans	2025 Q3
Quick access to Test Results in Test Case	Test Plans	2025 Q3
Latest Test Outcome in Requirements	Test Plans	2025 Q3
New Test Run experience - Public Preview	Test Plans	2025 Q3
Enhanced Test Point Result Panel	Test Plans	2025 Q3
Support for JavaScript (Playwright) in Azure Test Plans	Test Plans	2025 Q3

All features

Azure DevOps Services

Timeframe	Feature	Area
2025 Q3	Commits search	General
	Manage high privilege scopes, pipeline decorators, and unpublished extensions	General
	MCP Server for Azure DevOps (GA)	General
	Markdown editor for work item multi-line fields	Boards
	Support for GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency	Boards & Pipelines
	Stage-level traceability	Pipelines
	Hosted macOS agents on Apple Silicon	Pipelines
	On-demand out of order execution of stages	Pipelines
	Support YAML pipelines in Azure Test Plans	Test Plans
	Latest Test Outcome in Requirements	Test Plans
	New Test Run experience - Public Preview	Test Plans
	Enhanced Test Point Result Panel	Test Plans
	Support for JavaScript (Playwright) in Azure Test Plans	Test Plans
	Advanced Security events streamed to Azure DevOps audit log	GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps
	Link Boards items to Advanced Security Alerts	GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps
	Adding additional metadata for dependency alerts to improve remediation	GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps
	Security overview bulk enablement enhancements	GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps
	Alert dismissal information displayed in alert detail view	GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps
2025 Q4	Support work item integration with the GitHub Copilot coding agent (preview)	Boards
Future	Auditing GA	General
	Policies to disable authentication methods	General
	PR search	General
	Report YAML stage status in deployment control on work items	Boards
	Track repo cloning	Repos
	Ability to run tasks on next available Node version, if targeted version is not available	Pipelines
	Support Pipelines App with GitHub Enterprise	Pipelines
	Service connections in checks	Pipelines
	Checks extensibility	Pipelines
	Seamless build pipeline integration for Test Case Run	Test Plans
	Support for Java (Playwright) in Azure Test Plan	Test Plans
	Support for Python (UnitTest & Robot) in Azure Test Plans	Test Plans
	Support for PHP (PHPUnit & Pest) in Azure Test Plans	Test Plans
	Customizable flaky test detection logic	Test Plans
	Package promote task in Azure Pipelines	Artifacts
	Deprecate old Azure Artifacts tasks in Azure Pipelines and default to new, auth-only tasks	Artifacts
	Dependabot Security Update Support	GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps
	CodeQL default setup (one-click enablement)	GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps Server

Timeframe	Feature	Area
2025 H2	Automated team work item rules	Boards
	Add link to GitHub commit or pull request from work item	Boards
	Show more details about a GitHub pull request	Boards
	Markdown editor for work item comments	Boards
	New Boards Hub on by default	Boards
	Create branch on GitHub repository from work item	Boards
	Improve scalability when searching and linking GitHub repos to an Azure DevOps project	Boards
	Create branch on GitHub repository from work item	Boards
	Improve scalability when searching and linking GitHub repos to an Azure DevOps project	Boards
	All in-the-box tasks run on Node 16	Pipelines
	Ability to download and install old runners on self-hosted agents	Pipelines
	Ability to run tasks on next available Node version, if targeted version is not available	Pipelines
	Removal of Node 6 and 10 from Microsoft hosted pools	Pipelines
	Sequencing approvals and other checks	Pipelines
	In-product recommendations for secure settings	Pipelines
	Manual queuing of stages	Pipelines
	Rerun single stage	Pipelines
	Stage-level concurrency	Pipelines
	Stage-level traceability	Pipelines
Future	Policies to disable authentication methods	General
	Substring search	General
	Commits search	General
	PR search	General
	New Boards Hub	Boards
	Markdown editor for work item multi-line fields	Boards
	Track repo cloning	Repos
	Stop shipping Node 6 and Node 10 runners with the agent	Pipelines
	Ship a Node 16 only agent in addition to the one that has all three versions (6, 10, 16)	Pipelines
	Support Pipelines App with GitHub Enterprise	Pipelines
	Service connections in checks	Pipelines
	Checks extensibility	Pipelines
	Package promote task in Azure Pipelines	Artifacts
	Deprecate old Azure Artifacts tasks in Azure Pipelines and default to new, auth-only tasks	Artifacts
	Dashboard Global Parameter	Reporting
	Dashboard Template	Reporting
	Seamless build pipeline integration for Test Case Run	Test Plans
	Advanced Test Case result history	Test Plans
	Latest Test Outcome in Requirements	Test Plans
	Direct link from Test Plan work item to Test Plans page	Test Plans
	Auto-pause manual test case run	Test Plans
	Resume paused test cases on by default	Test Plans
	Undo test step in web and desktop runner	Test Plans
	Export test cases with custom columns in XLSX	Test Plans
	Restore deleted test plans and test suites using REST API	Test Plans
	View Test Case State in Execute Tab	Test Plans
	New Test Plans directory	Test Plans
	New Test Run experience	Test Plans
	Enhanced Test Point Result Panel	Test Plans
	Support for Java (JUnit) in Azure Test Plans	Test Plans
	Support for JavaScript (Jest) in Azure Test Plans	Test Plans
	Support for Python (UnitTest & Robot) in Azure Test Plans	Test Plans
	Support for JavaScript (Playwright) in Azure Test Plans	Test Plans
	Support for PHP (PHPUnit & Pest) in Azure Test Plans	Test Plans
	Support for Java (Playwright) in Azure Test Plan	Test Plans
	Customizable flaky test detection logic	Test Plans

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