Team Foundation Server 2015 Update 1 RC 1

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Today we’ve released Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2015 Update 1 RC 1 (Release Candidate 1). This is the newest version of Team Foundation Server (TFS), the collaboration platform at the core of Microsoft’s application lifecycle management (ALM) solution. 

There are many feature updates in this update. Here’s a short summary:

• Version control: use Git and Team Foundation Version Control in the same project, history and getting started improvements on the web portal, social #ID in pull requests, commit details summary is easier to read, and an improved experience for cloning Git repositories.
• Backlogs: multi-select on all backlogs, drag any item to an iteration from anywhere, Add panel on the iteration backlog, line on the burndown indicates actual capacity, configure settings directly, add/remove users in the sprint plan, and multiple activities per team member in planning capacity for a sprint.
• Kanban boards: query on columns, card coloring, tag coloring, inline renaming of columns and swimlanes, reorder cards when changing columns, configure settings directly, and hide empty fields on cards.
• Work items and tasks: tasks as checklist, link to branches and pull requests in work items, task board card coloring, and limit values shown for Work Item type in queries.
• Build: improved access control for resources, improved source control integration, usability fixes in Build Explorer, and parity with XAML builds for label sources and client-side workspace mappings.
• Testing: export test outcome for manual tests and test result retention policy improvements.
• Dashboards: 100% customizable with new widgets and multiple dashboards.
• SonarQube: works for Java programs built with a Maven task, SonarQube Analysis build tasks work with on-premises and hosted agents.

This product is “go-live” meaning that you can use it in production environments. However, because this is still a pre-release, there may be some bugs that will be fixed by RTM. We will support upgrading this update from Update 1 RC 2 to Update 1 RTM, and further updates will require RTM.

For a complete description of the improvements, bug fixes, and known issues in this release, see the Release Notes.

As always, we welcome your feedback. Share your feedback, suggestions, thoughts, and ideas on UserVoice, through the in-product Send-a-Smile UI, or file a bug through the Visual Studio Connect site.

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