Microsoft VSTS and LaunchDarkly Team Up to Control Releases

Microsoft Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) is a platform that enables development teams to build, integrate, test, and release new software in a single environment. It includes centralized version control, package management, and release management components for agile teams. However, traditional methods of controlling feature visibility are engineer-dependent and limit granular user segment targeting and incremental percentage rollouts. LaunchDarkly is an extension that allows users to control the full release lifecycle of features using feature flags, which can be controlled by non-developers through a UI. The integration of VSTS and LaunchDarkly enables teams to centralize feature and release lifecycle management, perform percentage rollouts, and gain better visibility into features and outcomes for continuous delivery and superior project management.