Azure DevOps update to increase productivity and reduce latency

An update to Azure DevOps includes improvements to pull-request actionability, pipeline security and compliance, and npm API performances to increase productivity and reduce latency. See details for each service: **Azure Boards** * [Sync GitHub Issues to Azure DevOps Work Items](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2020/sprint-167-update#sync-github-issues-to-azure-devops-work-items) **Azure Repos** * [Improved PR actionability](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2020/sprint-167-update#improved-pr-actionability) * [Improved comment-related filtering within pull requests](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2020/sprint-167-update#improved-comment-related-filtering-within-pull-requests) **Azure Pipelines** * [Additional control of your deployments](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2020/sprint-167-update#additional-control-of-your-deployments) * [Approval notification](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2020/sprint-167-update#approval-notification) **Azure Artifacts** * [Auditing events are now available](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2020/sprint-167-update#auditing-events-are-now-available) * [npm performance improvements](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2020/sprint-167-update#npm-performance-improvements) * [Accessibility improvements](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2020/sprint-167-update#accessibility-improvements) To learn more, read the [release notes](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2020/sprint-167-update). * Azure DevOps * Features * [ Azure DevOps](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/devops/)