On Windows Server 20 we had a lot of pre-installed MSYS2 packages. azure-powershell-action (GitHub Actions) If your use-case requires using any of these versions, consider using tasks to install Az modules on-flight: Please consider using tasks to install any version on-flight: NET Core 2.1 End Of Support is scheduled on August 21, 2021. if your use-case requires using non-LTS Java version, please consider using tasks to install it on-flight:

Our policy is pre-installing only LTS versions of Java. If your use-case requires using any of these versions, consider using tasks to install Go on-flight: On GitHub Actions, ruby/setup-ruby can install any version on-flight so this change doesn't impact users

Version 3.6 is officially deprecated in favor of 3.7 and is not updated anymore. On GitHub Actions, actions/setup-python can install any version on-flight so this change doesn't impact users We don't have plans to deprecate it in near future. If your use-case requires using VS 2019, continue using Windows Server 2019 image.

On Windows Server 2022, we install only VS 2022 (it is in Preview for now but will be released in future). Our policy is installing one VS version per platform. Workloads: recommended + custom + wix components Please find differences in the table below: Tool name Also, for tools with multiple installed versions we have reconsidered the list of versions based on usage. We have deprecated some legacy software with low usage and temporarily disabled software that is not supported on the new platform yet. The software set is different between Windows Server 20. The full documentation of Windows Server 2022 image can be found in image README. Please report any problems with the new image to this repository.Īny issues related to Azure DevOps tasks should be reported to. Some Azure DevOps tasks don't work on the new platform properly yet: VSBuild, MSBuild, UsePython (PyPy only).Some build software is not compatible with Visual Studio 2022 yet (For example: Bazel).Also there could be queueing issues as the capacity will be balanced only throughout the next weeks. It means some software can be unstable on the new platform.

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