December patches for Azure DevOps Server

This month, we are releasing fixes that impact our self-hosted product, Azure DevOps Server.

The following will be fixed with this patch:

• Fix work item macro for queries with “Contains Words”. Previously, queries were returning incorrect results for values that contained a line break.
• Increase limits for Maven package version character length.
• Localization issue for custom work items layout states.
• Localization issue in email notification template.
• Issue with console logs getting truncated when there are multiple identical links in a row.
• Issue with NOTSAMEAS rules evaluation when multiple NOTSAMEAS rules were defined for a field.

Azure DevOps Server 2020.1.1 Patch 3

If you have Azure DevOps Server 2020.1.1, you should install Azure DevOps Server 2020.1.1 Patch 3. Check out the release notes for more details.

Verifying Installation

• Option 1: Run devops2020.1.1patch3.exe CheckInstall, devops2020.1.1patch3.exe is the file that is downloaded from the link above. The output of the command will either say that the patch has been installed, or that is not installed.

• Option 2: Check the version of the following file: [INSTALL_DIR]\Azure DevOps Server 2020\Application Tier\bin\Microsoft.Teamfoundation.Framework.Server.dll. Azure DevOps Server 2020.1.1 is installed to c:\Program Files\Azure DevOps Server 2020 by default. After installing Azure DevOps Server 2020.1.1 Patch 3, the version will be 18.181.32011.3.

Azure DevOps Server 2020.0.1 Patch 8

If you have Azure DevOps Server 2020.0.1, you should install Azure DevOps Server 2020.0.1 Patch 8. Check out the release notes for more details.

Verifying Installation

• Option 1: Run devops2020.0.1patch8.exe CheckInstall, devops2020.0.1patch8.exe is the file that is downloaded from the link above. The output of the command will either say that the patch has been installed, or that is not installed.

• Option 2: Check the version of the following file: [INSTALL_DIR]\Azure DevOps Server 2020\Application Tier\bin\Microsoft.Teamfoundation.Framework.Server.dll. Azure DevOps Server 2020.0.1 is installed to c:\Program Files\Azure DevOps Server 2020 by default. After installing Azure DevOps Server 2020.0.1 Patch 8, the version will be 18.170.32011.2.

Azure DevOps Server 2019.1.1 Patch 12

If you have Azure DevOps Server 2019 Update 1.1, you should install Azure DevOps Server 2019 Update 1.1 Patch 12. Check out the release notes for more details

Verifying Installation

• Option 1: Run devops2019.1.1patch12.exe CheckInstall. devops2019.1.1patch12.exe is the file that is downloaded from the link above. The output of the command will either say that the patch has been installed, or that is not installed.

• Option 2: Check the version of the following file: [INSTALL_DIR]\Azure DevOps Server 2019\Application Tier\Web Services\bin\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Feed.Server.dll. Azure DevOps Server 2019 is installed to c:\Program Files\Azure DevOps Server 2019 by default. After installing Azure DevOps Server 2019.1.1 Patch 12, the version will be 17.153.32011.1.