Dashboards Futures (January 2016)

This post details upcoming features for Azure DevOps dashboards and widgets in H1 2016. Key improvements include enhancements to Edit Mode for better widget control (moving, resizing, third-party widgets), the upcoming release of a public preview for the widget SDK (requiring JavaScript, HTML, CSS knowledge), opt-in auto-refresh for dashboards, and more widgets and charts. Specific widget improvements include adding build, work item, and test charts directly from the dashboard, a cumulative flow diagram widget for visualizing workflow, and a markdown widget that can display files from a repository. The widget catalog will also be redesigned for better discoverability and placement.