Visual Studio Team Services

Visual Studio Team Services

I joined a passionate and talented group of individuals in leading the transition of VSO into VSTS, setting the stage Azure DevOps.

I joined a passionate and talented group of individuals in leading the transition of VSO into VSTS, setting the stage Azure DevOps.

I joined a passionate and talented group of individuals in leading the transition of VSO into VSTS, setting the stage Azure DevOps.

Overview

I was recruited by Microsoft as UX Designer to assist in a very critical transition that would see various integrations into the Visual Studio platform which would ultimately become Azure DevOps. This meant completely rethinking a behemoth used by millions of users in order to make it more social, accessible, lean, and powerful without alienating existing teams that relied on the platform for daily operations.

I reported directly to the VSTS Principal Program Manager, working across different ownerships and teams with unique requirements and goals, while keeping unity of mind and design throughout. It was a challenge that required extensive research, rapid iterating, and careful execution.

I was recruited by Microsoft as UX Designer to assist in a very critical transition that would see various integrations into the Visual Studio platform which would ultimately become Azure DevOps. This meant completely rethinking a behemoth used by millions of users in order to make it more social, accessible, lean, and powerful without alienating existing teams that relied on the platform for daily operations.

I reported directly to the VSTS Principal Program Manager, working across different ownerships and teams with unique requirements and goals, while keeping unity of mind and design throughout. It was a challenge that required extensive research, rapid iterating, and careful execution.

My Role:

UX Designer –– Research, Interaction Design, Visual Design, Prototyping

Timeline & Status:

1 year, Launched as Azure DevOps

HIGHLIGHTS

Carefully optimizing a rich feature set where every change would have far-reaching effects.

Carefully optimizing a rich feature set where every change would have far-reaching effects.

0.1 –– Elevated Interactions (modals)

0.2 –– Package Artifacts

0.3 –– Extensions management

0.4 –– Packages feed

0.5 –– VSTS Marketplace

0.6 –– VSTS Package Builder

0.7–– Azure DevOps Package Builder

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