pulse 2.5 alpha

We're excited to announce that the first Pulse 2.5 alpha build is now available! Pulse 2.5 is very much a user-focused release. We've always used feedback to improve Pulse, and this release is almost entirely feedback-driven. Key updates so far include:

• Browse and dashboard view filtering (by project health).
• A new MSTest post-processor plugin.
• Increased visibility of build (and other) comments.
• Comments on agents, to communicate with other users.
• Properties on agents, for simpler parameterisation.
• The ability to configure SCMs using resources.
• A resource repository on the Pulse master.
• A new option to attach build logs to notification emails.
• Pre-stage hooks, which run just before the stage is dispatched to the agent.
• SCM inclusion filters, complementing existing exclusion filters.
• Inverse resource requirements (i.e. requiring the absence of a resource).
• Smart label renaming.
• A separate permission for the ability to clean up build directories.
• Support for Perforce streams.

More new features and improvements will follow in subsequent alpha builds. Refer to the alpha program page to download 2.5.0 or find out more.