Work Items in Visual Studio

This post details the transition to a new, REST-based work item experience in Visual Studio, replacing the legacy SOAP APIs. It provides guidance on enabling the new view, linking work items to commits (via Work Items Hub, #mention in commit messages, or branch creation from work items), managing queries (web-based, dashboard tiles, drag-and-drop, renaming), and reparenting work items (drag-and-drop, Mapping pane, Change parent option). The post also announces the eventual deprecation of the legacy Visual Studio work item view.