Azure DevOps Extension Demands

Question

To set constraints for an Azure DevOps extension to target Azure DevOps and Azure DevOps Server 2019 and later.

Are these the correct settings

  "targets": [
    {
      "id": "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Cloud"
    },
    {
      "id": "Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Server",
      "version": "[17.0,)"
    }
  ]

and

  "demands": [
    "api-version/5.0"
  ]

I could not get the information from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/extend/develop/manifest.

Is there a list of targets and demands available?

danielorn danielorn · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-17T20:21:01

There is a list of supported targets and demands on the Extension Manifest Reference

Installation targets

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Cloud: installs into Azure DevOps Services

Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Server: installs into TFS

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services: installs into both. Shortcut for Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Cloud and Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Server version [14.2,)

Supported Demands

Type	Description	Checked at publish?	Checked at install?
environment/cloud	Requires running in a cloud environment	Yes	Yes
environment/onprem	Requires running in an on-premises environment	Yes	Yes
api-version/{version}	Requires a specific API version (minimum)	No	Yes
extension/{id}	Requires a specific extension be installed/enabled	No Yes
contribution/{id}	Requires a specific contribution be available	No	Yes
contributionType/{id}	Requires a specific contribution type be available	No	Yes

Is there any specific reason that the extension should run just on Sevrer 2019 (and not 2020)? If not you the demand towards the api version should be enough (see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/integrate/concepts/rest-api-versioning?view=azure-devops#supported-versions) and select Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services as target, i.e:

"targets": [
    {
      "id": "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services"
    }
]

Azure DevOps Extension Demands

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