Visual Studio Team Services demonstrates how Microsoft Loves Java

This post announces the public preview of Maven package type support for Java developers in Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) and Team Foundation Server (TFS). It highlights the integration of Maven packages, the upcoming automatic authentication feature for Maven package management via a built-in Maven build task, and the availability of VSTS/TFS plug-ins for popular Java IDEs (Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, VS Code) with support for Git and TFVC version control. It also details deployment extensions for IBM and Red Hat platforms, integration with open-source tools like Jenkins, JaCoCo, Cobertura, JMeter, and SonarQube, and cloud deployment options to Azure App Service and Virtual Machines for Java web applications.