Hosted XML process model

Azure DevOps Services

By using the Hosted XML process model, you can customize work tracking objects and Agile tools for a project by modifying and importing a process template. When you update the process template, you apply those updates to projects that you created by using that process.

Supported customizations

You can perform the following tasks by using the Hosted XML process model.

Add release deployment support to a work item type

The release deployments control shows release information for only those work items that are associated with a commit that's part of a build being released. To add the release deployments control to a work item type, add the following syntax to the work item type XML definition. To learn more about this control, see Link work items to deployments.

<Group Label="Deployment">
    <Control Type="DeploymentsControl" Name="Deployments" />
</Group>

Add this syntax to the following work item type definitions of the default process templates.

Customization sequence

Use the following sequences when you manage customizations by using the Hosted XML process model. This sequence requires you to update your project by updating the process template that it uses. Maintain your process templates in a repository for version control.

Related content

• Customize a Hosted XML process
• Import a process
• Change a project from Hosted XML to Inheritance
• Differences between Inheritance and Hosted XML
• Work tracking object limits
• REST APIs: Processes