Azure Boards + GitHub: Recent Updates

This post details recent improvements to the Azure Boards + GitHub integration. Key updates include: automatic linking of merge commits to work items upon PR completion, automatic linking of PRs to work items if the branch is linked, and automatic removal of branch links from work items once the PR is merged and the branch deleted. It also introduces the display of build status from GitHub Repos for YAML pipelines, an increase in the GitHub repository limit per Azure DevOps project from 500 to 1,000, and expanded state transition support for work items using keywords like 'Validate AB#{ID}' or state categories. Upcoming features include pull request mentions in work item comments.