Azure DevOps – Assignment-based billing and other new features

In the **latest update** of Azure DevOps, we’ve added user assignment-based billing. With this feature, the number of **Basic** or **Basic + Test Plan** licences will change as you add or remove users. This means that you’ll only pay for the licences you’re using. We’ve also added a new setting that lets you choose whether new users get full Basic access or limited/free Stakeholder access. In addition, we switched from monthly to daily billing. This means that if you give a user paid access for a few weeks or even a few days, you only pay for the time they were assigned the paid access, rather than a full month. See the list of new features for more information. **General:** * [User assignment-based billing and default access level](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2019/sprint-158-update#user-assignment-based-billing-and-default-access-level) * [New UI to manage organisation and project permissions](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2019/sprint-158-update#new-ui-to-manage-organization-and-project-permissions) **Azure Boards:** * [Support for custom fields in roll-up columns](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2019/sprint-158-update#support-for-custom-fields-in-rollup-columns) * [New rule to hide fields in a work item form based on condition](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2019/sprint-158-update#new-rule-to-hide-fields-in-a-work-item-form-based-on-condition) * [Custom work item notification settings](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2019/sprint-158-update#custom-work-item-notification-settings) * [Link work items to deployments](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2019/sprint-158-update#link-work-items-to-deployments) **Azure Repos:** * [Use service account-based authentication to connect to AKS](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2019/sprint-158-update#use-service-account-based-authentication-to-connect-to-aks) * [Preview markdown files in pull request side-by-side diff](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2019/sprint-158-update#preview-markdown-files-in-pull-request-side-by-side-diff) * [Build policy expiration for manual builds](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2019/sprint-158-update#build-policy-expiration-for-manual-builds) * [Add a policy to block commits based on the commit author email](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2019/sprint-158-update#add-a-policy-to-block-commits-based-on-the-commit-author-email) **Azure Pipelines:** * [Retry failed stages](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2019/sprint-158-update#retry-failed-stages) * [Enhancements to approvals in YAML pipelines](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2019/sprint-158-update#enhancements-to-approvals-in-yaml-pipelines) * [Container structure testing support in Azure Pipeline](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2019/sprint-158-update#container-structure-testing-support-in-azure-pipeline) * [Flaky bug management and resolution](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2019/sprint-158-update#flaky-bug-management-and-resolution) * [Enhancements to Azure Pipelines app for Slack and Microsoft Teams](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2019/sprint-158-update#enhancements-to-azure-pipelines-app-for-slack-and-microsoft-teams) * [Updates to hosted pipelines images](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2019/sprint-158-update#updates-to-hosted-pipelines-images) * [Open Policy Agent installer task](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2019/sprint-158-update#open-policy-agent-installer-task) * [Pipeline decorators for release pipelines](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2019/sprint-158-update#pipeline-decorators-for-release-pipelines) **Azure Test Plans:** * [New Test Plans page](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2019/sprint-158-update#new-test-plans-page) **Reporting:** * [Inline sprint burndown using story points](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2019/sprint-158-update#inline-sprint-burndown-using-story-points) **Wiki:** * [Short and readable wiki page URLs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2019/sprint-158-update#short-and-readable-wiki-page-urls) * [Mermaid diagram support in wiki](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2019/sprint-158-update#mermaid-diagram-support-in-wiki) * Azure DevOps * Features * [ Azure DevOps](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/devops/)