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Azure DevOps Services | Azure DevOps Server 2022 - Azure DevOps Server 2019
Our platform of software development tools began more than 20 years ago. We released Visual Basic and Visual Studio as an integrated development environment (IDE). Visual Studio supports many plug-ins that extend its functionality. In particular, the Team Explorer plug-in allows the Visual Studio client to connect to Azure DevOps to support source control, work tracking, build, and test operations.
Developers have access to many tools through these versions of Visual Studio and plug-ins. To download any version of Visual Studio, go to the Visual Studio Downloads page. To understand what features you get with the Visual Studio versions, see Compare Visual Studio offerings.
To get started with client libraries, see Client library samples.
Team Explorer plug-in
Team Explorer, a plug-in to all Visual Studio versions, connects Visual Studio to projects defined in Azure DevOps. You can manage source code, work items, and builds. For more information, see Work in Team Explorer.
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Visual Studio Git experience
Visual Studio 2019 and later versions provide a new Git experience through the Git menu as shown in the following image. For more information, see Git experience in Visual Studio and Side-by-side comparison of Git and Team Explorer.
You can integrate the following Microsoft Office tools with Azure DevOps.
Important
Starting with Visual Studio 2019, the Azure DevOps Office Integration 2019 add-in for Office deprecated support for Microsoft Project. Project integration and the TFSFieldMapping command aren't supported for Azure DevOps Server 2019 nor for Azure DevOps Services. However, you can continue to use Microsoft Excel.
Tip
Check to make sure the Azure DevOps Office Integration component is selected in the Visual Studio Installer, per the following example.
The following clients support specific tasks, such as managing testing efforts, providing feedback, or modifying work items:
The collaboration tools supported through the web portal are summarized under Essential services. New features are deployed every three weeks for Azure DevOps Services, and quarterly for Azure DevOps Server. For release notes, see Azure DevOps Services Features Timeline.
You can use the following browsers to access the web portal:
Version | Edge | Internet Explorer | Safari (Mac) | Firefox | Chrome |
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Azure DevOps Services Azure DevOps Server 2020.1 |
Most recent | Not supported | 14.1 and later | Most recent | Most recent |
Azure DevOps Server 2020 Azure DevOps Server 2019 TFS 2018 TFS 2017 |
Most recent | 11 and later | 14.1 and later | Most recent | Most recent |
TFS 2015 | Most recent | 9 and later | 5 and later | Most recent | Most recent |
TFS 2013 | 9 and later | 5 and later | Most recent | Most recent |
Microsoft Edge, Firefox, and Chrome automatically update themselves, so Azure DevOps supports the most recent version.
For more information, see Web portal navigation.
Extensions built and maintained by the Azure DevOps Services product team:
Find more extensions in Azure DevOps Organization settings > Extensions > Browse marketplace. See also, Overview of extensions for Azure Boards.
You can do many code development and administrative tasks by using the following command-line tools:
The following tools provide support for monitoring and interacting with Azure DevOps from a third-party application.
Azure Boards:
Azure Repos:
Azure Pipelines:
Visual Studio and Azure DevOps provide a wealth of features and functionality. They also provide a means to extend and share that functionality.
Extensions are simple add-ons that you can use to customize and extend your DevOps and work tracking experiences. They're written with standard technologies—HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. You can develop your own extensions by using your preferred dev tools.
You build extensions by using our RESTful API library. Publish your extensions to the Azure DevOps Marketplace. You can privately maintain or share them with millions of developers who use Visual Studio and Azure DevOps.
For more information, see the Azure DevOps Marketplace and Overview of extensions.
The Azure DevOps APIs are based on REST, OAuth, JSON, and service hooks—all standard web technologies broadly supported in the industry.
REST APIs are provided to support building extensions to Azure DevOps. For more information, see REST API overview.
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