Copilot4DevOps Version History
Versions List
Copilot4DevOps V4
Release date: November 2024
New Features
A. Text Block Management
The “Text Block Management” feature provides users with tools to manage and use predefined text blocks, specifying personal/shared tabs, unique identifiers, and reuse options, allowing efficient organization and insertion in Copilot4DevOps functions.
B. SOP/Document Generator
The Document Generator feature in Copilot4DevOps allows users to create tailored documents for specific industries and products, supporting single or multi-select work items. Organized into ‘Prompt’ and ‘Result’ tabs, from the Prompt tab intuitive input fields, reference work item management, and a “Generate” button to create a Table of Contents (TOC). Users can generate the content of a document from the Result tab via “Generate Content” button or link and view the detailed document. The generated document can be saved as MS Word or PDF with a backend template, enhancing document creation and customization.
C. Diagram
The “Diagram” feature in Copilot4DevOps enables users to create and edit interactive diagrams using prompts or selected work items. Organized into “Prompt” and “Diagram” tabs, it offers tools for generating, editing, and viewing diagrams, with support for connected and sub-diagrams for complex relationships. Users can navigate hierarchical views, publish diagrams to work items, and save outputs as Word, PDF, or image files, enhancing visualization and documentation.
D. Elicit and Q&A Assistant – Open Published Work Item in Other Copilot4DevOps Function
The Elicit and Q&A Assistant function now features enhanced navigation for published work items, allowing users to hover over or select a row to reveal a Copilot4DevOps icon. Clicking the icon opens a dropdown menu with quick access to other functions, enabling seamless and efficient task execution.
E. Admin Panel Sections
1. General Tab
a. Entra ID Management in Copilot4DevOps
The Microsoft Entra ID management feature in Copilot4DevOps allows administrators to enable Entra ID integration, provide organization-wide admin consent, and streamline access management, enhancing integration and eliminating individual permission reviews.
b. Tag Visibility Control in Copilot4DevOps
The tag visibility management feature in Copilot4DevOps allows admin users to enable/disable tag publication via a checkbox in the admin panel, providing flexibility in handling tags while excluding ADO Stakeholder license users from tag publishing.
c. Function tiles visibility on Home Page of Copilot4DevOps
The function tile visibility feature in Copilot4DevOps enables admin users to customize home page tiles via a multi-select dropdown in the admin panel, streamlining the user experience by displaying only selected functions or all tiles.
2. BYOD - Bring Your Own Data Feature For Uploading and Managing Custom Data
The “BYOD” (Bring Your Own Data) Beta feature in Copilot4DevOps, available under the Admin panel for user that have an activated BYOD license, enables users to integrate their own data into the platform for customized outputs. It supports two license types: “BYOD with default LLM” and “BYOD with BYOLLM,” with restrictions based on models like ‘o1’ models and services like ‘AzureAI’ (that certain LLM models o1 Preview, o1 Mini are unsupported, and the BYOD feature is disabled for AzureAI users). Users can manage data through document uploads, shared queries, and Azure DevOps Wiki Pages, ensuring compatibility with specific file types and a 100 GB limit under the Standard BYOD license. Manual sync options for the Query and Wiki pages enhance data management flexibility.
Enhancements
A. Licensing: Lite, Plus, and Ultimate Plans
Copilot4DevOps offers three licenses tailored to different needs. The Lite License provides core features like eliciting, analyzing, converting, and transforming requirements. The Plus License adds advanced tools such as Impact Assessment, Q&A Assistant, Dynamic Prompt, Custom Instructions, Test Case integration, Text Block Management and Create No-code prototype while the Ultimate License includes all features plus Diagram, Generate, and SOP/Document Generator for enterprise-level collaboration.
B. Elicit - New and Existing Link(s) Tabs for Accessing and Drilling Down on Existing Linked Work Items
The Elicit function has been enhanced with two distinct tabs: “New” and “Existing link(s)” tabs for efficient work item management. The “New” tab retains its elicitation functionality, while the “Existing link(s)” tab displays up to 50 linked work items (if exists) with filtering options by Work Item Type. Users can view or drill down on existing linked work item for further elicitation.
C. Added "0 - No Impact" Option and the Text to Define Each umber of Impact Score in the "Show Impacts Starting from" List.
User can now see those work items also which are not impacted with the defined change if user selects this option from the “Show Impacts starting from” list. In the “Show Impacts starting from” list, added the text to define each number of Impact Score.
D. Analyze - Cumulative Analysis Across Multiple Work Items
User can now see those work items also which are not impacted with the defined change if user selects this option from the “Show Impacts starting from” list. In the “Show Impacts starting from” list, added the text to define each number of Impact Score.
E. Handling Missing Required Fields During Work Item Publishing.
Analyze function in Copilot4DevOps has been enhanced and it allows user to select multiple work items simultaneously. Perform cumulative analysis on the selected items through various methods, enabling users to gain insights across multiple work items in a single workflow.
F. Generate (Pseudocode) – Addition Of New Programming Languages
Copilot4DevOps now allows users to address missing required fields during work item publishing via an Azure DevOps pop-up, eliminating errors. Users can manually fill in required fields for affected work items. This applies to all publishing features, including Elicit, Convert, Q&A Assistant, Generate, and Diagram.
G. Generate (Test Script) – Addition Of New Framework
The Programming Language dropdown in the Generate – Pseudocode function now includes Data Definition Language, JSON Schema, XMI, and XML along with all previously available programming languages.
