Azure DevOps Server (formerly Team Foundation Server or TFS) is the latest iteration of Microsoft's DevOps and ALM product suite which contains source control (Azure Repos), CI/CD (Azure Pipelines), agile work and portfolio management (Azure Boards) etc. Use this tag for questions on the on-prem version, as opposed to Azure DevOps Service, which is the cloud version.
Azure DevOps Server (previously known as TFS - Team Foundation Server) is the home for your project data in the cloud and provided by Microsoft.
Questions about Azure DevOps Server may be more appropriate at one of the other Stack Exchange sites, such as
- https://devops.stackexchange.com/tags/azure-devops/info
- https://pm.stackexchange.com/tags/vsts/info
- https://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/azure-devops
- https://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/azure-devops-server
- https://superuser.com/questions/tagged/azure
Azure DevOps includes:
- Azure pipelines CI/CD that works with any language, platform, and cloud. Connect to GitHub, Azure Repos or any Git repository and deploy continuously.
- Azure boards Powerful work tracking with Kanban boards, backlogs, team dashboards, and custom reporting.
- Azure artifacts Maven, npm, and NuGet package feeds from public and private sources.
- Azure repos Git repos for your project. Collaborative pull requests, advanced file management, and more.
- Azure test plans All in one planned and exploratory testing solution.
Updates
The current cadence of Azure DevOps Server releases is annual, with versions named by the year they were released (Azure DevOps Server 2019, Azure DevOps Server 2020 etc.). Feature timeline for both on-prem and cloud version can be found here
Tag usage
It is recommended to use the azure-devops-server tag along with the specific product area tags and specific version tags:
- azure-pipelines
- azure-rest-api
- azure-boards
- azure-artifacts
- azure-repos
- tfs
- tfs-workitem
- tfsbuild
- tfs-migration
- azure-devops-server-2019
- azure-devops-server-2020
Other resources
We have channels that you can also voice your concerns, FAQs, documentation and submit an idea:
- See what Azure DevOps can do for you
- Documentation
- Product updates – view the latest updates to Azure DevOps
- Submit an idea – help us improve our products
- Report a bug – having an issue? Let us know