Azure DevOps July 2023 updates

In July, we've delivered multiple improvements across Azure DevOps services. You can now dismiss dependency scanning alerts in Advanced Security that you believe to be a false positive or acceptable risk. In Azure Repos, we changed the default behavior to remove "Edit policies" permission when creating a new branch. Check out the following links for more details. ### **General** * [Lift secret expiration check on Azure DevOps OAuth](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2023/sprint-224-update#lift-secret-expiration-check-on-azure-devops-oauth) * [Alert dismissals for dependency scanning alerts in Advanced Security](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2023/sprint-224-update#alert-dismissals-for-dependency-scanning-alerts-in-advanced-security) ### **Azure Boards** * [Copy link to work item](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2023/sprint-224-update#copy-link-to-work-item) ### **Azure Pipelines** * [Kubernetes tasks now support kubelogin](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2023/sprint-224-update#kubernetes-tasks-now-support-kubelogin) * [Use Service Principal in Agent VM extension](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2023/sprint-224-update#use-service-principal-in-agent-vm-extension) * [Updates to YAML cron schedules](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2023/sprint-224-update#updates-to-yaml-cron-schedules) * [Disable a check](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2023/sprint-224-update#disable-a-check) * [Improvements to Approvals REST API](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2023/sprint-224-update#improvements-to-approvals-rest-api) * [New toggles to control creation of classic pipelines](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2023/sprint-224-update#new-toggles-to-control-creation-of-classic-pipelines) ### **Azure Repos** * [Removing "Edit policies" permission to branch creator](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2023/sprint-224-update#removing-edit-policies-permission-to-branch-creator) * Azure DevOps * Features * [ Azure DevOps](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/devops/)