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Azure DevOps - Sprint 255 Update

Features

Manage high privilege scopes, pipeline decorators, and unpublished extensions

Azure DevOps extensions improve product functionality and workflows, but those with high privilege scopes may pose various risks.

We've added a new feature that flags these scopes on each organization's admin page and the Visual Studio Marketplace installation page, helping administrators make informed decisions. Unpublished extensions and pipeline decorators are also flagged for administrator awareness and appropriate actions.

Screenshot of feedback box.

For more information, visit documentation page.

Overlapping Secrets for OAuth apps

Azure DevOps has introduced Overlapping Secrets for OAuth apps—a new feature available on both UI and API designed to streamline secret rotation and reduce downtime.

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With overlapping secrets, developers can generate a new secret while the old one remains valid, ensuring uninterrupted access during secret rotations. With this update, we also reduce the default secret validity period to 60 days. As Azure DevOps OAuth apps approach deprecation in 2026, this update provides a critical security improvement for teams still relying on them. Try it today to simplify your secret management and improve resilience. Learn more in our blog post.

Next steps

Note

These features will roll out over the next two to three weeks.

Head over to Azure DevOps and take a look.

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