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As Visual Studio App Center closes, a look back, and what to use now?
- Microsoft's Visual Studio App Center, previously known as HockeyApp, is retiring today after being launched in 2017.
- HockeyApp was acquired by Microsoft in 2014 and was instrumental for in-house iOS and Android app distribution before TestFlight and Google Play Console.
- App Center evolved from HockeyApp and offered internal app distribution, testing capabilities, automated builds, and deployment to app stores.
- Microsoft recommends alternatives like Azure DevOps Pipelines, GitHub Actions, BrowserStack, and TestFlight for different functionalities that App Center provided.
- The shutdown aims to consolidate build tools under Azure DevOps Pipelines and GitHub Actions, eliminating Visual Studio App Center.
- Buildstash emerges as a successor to App Center, focusing on managing projects from build to release for various software types.
- Buildstash offers features like managing build files, internal distribution, collaboration, instant share links, app updates, and controlled sharing.
- The platform plans to introduce integrated QA workflows, collaboration on store rollouts, and more to meet the requirements of software teams.
- If seeking an alternative to App Center, interested teams can explore Buildstash, which is currently accepting early access sign-ups.
- Buildstash aims to provide a comprehensive solution for managing all types of software builds, emphasizing organization, retention policies, and advanced distribution features.
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