Merge pull request #289523 from Taysser-Gherfal/patch-1

Updated the "Ready-t-code development environment" section

Author: v-dirichards

articles/dev-box/dev-box-roadmap.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ms.service: dev-box
 ms.topic: concept-article
 author: Taysser-Gherfal
 ms.author: tagherfa
-ms.date: 08/26/2024
+ms.date: 11/06/2024
 
 #customer intent: As a customer, I want to understand upcoming features and enhancements in Microsoft Dev Box so that I can plan and optimize development and deployment strategies.
 
@@ -29,39 +29,43 @@ Microsoft Dev Box can significantly enhance developer productivity by minimizing
 - [Team customizations](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Share-customization-files-across-my-team/10729596?sort=newest): as a project lead or a dev center admin, set up a config-as-code Dev Box configuration for an entire team, allowing quicker onboarding of developers without having them deal with onboarding complexity.
 - [Dev Center Imaging](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Speed-up-Dev-Box-customization-using-a-c/10729598): as a project lead or a dev center admin, tailor customizations to each team without losing out Dev Box creation performance. Optimize these team customizations into an image without investing in and maintaining your own custom image generation capabilities. 
 - [Secrets & variables](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Customization-YAMLs:-Use-secrets-from-a/10729608?sort=newest): as a project lead or a dev center admin, you can now source secrets from subscriptions that are different from the one your DevCenter is in, allowing you to reuse centralized secret stores with Dev Box
-- [Native Run as user support for Dev Box customizations](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Improve-run-as-user-support-for-Dev-Box/10719951): some of your Dev Box customization tasks require to be run as the signed in user. Native run as user support provides capability of executing customization under the user context with improved reliability, status tracking, and error reporting. 
-- [Project Policy](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Curation-for-Dev-Center-and-Projects-und/10719953): as a dev center admin, set up guardrails around resources that different projects should and shouldn't access.
+- [Native Run as user support](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Improve-run-as-user-support-for-Dev-Box/10719951): some of your Dev Box customization tasks require to be run as the signed in user. Native run as user support provides capability of executing customization under the user context with improved reliability, status tracking, and error reporting. 
 
 **Enhanced user provided customizations**
 
-- [Improved Dev Box creation flow on Dev Home and Developer Portal](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/I-would-like-to-use-Dev-Box-customizatio/10719976): as a developer, get started with Dev Box customizations using a UI to choose repositories to clone or packages to install, without having to author a yaml configuration by hand.
-- [Native support for WinGet & DSC](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/I-would-like-my-Dev-Box-to-run-Winget-an/10719983): all Dev Boxes will be able to use WinGet and DSC to install packages and apply configurations, without requiring a catalog to be attached. 
+- [Native support for WinGet & DSC](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/I-would-like-my-Dev-Box-to-run-Winget-an/10719983): all Dev Boxes will be able to use WinGet and DSC to install packages and apply configurations, without requiring a catalog to be attached.
 
-**First time developer experience**
+**Developer onboarding & experience**
 
 - [Developer Portal landing page and welcome tour](https://developercommunity.microsoft.com/t/Developer-Portal-landing-page-and-welcom/10720999): as a developer getting onboarded to Dev Box, you get to learn about how to use the product and discover features.
-- [Pin Developer Portal to task view/desktop](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Ping-to-task-view-is-not-quite-working-f/10719957): as a developer, you can quickly access your Developer Box by pinning it to your Windows task view.
+- [Region Selection Optimization for Dev Box Creation](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Region-selection-optimization-based-on-l/10784537): as a developer, easily create your new Dev Box in an optimal region based on your location. As a dev center admin, optimize the location of existing Dev Boxes based on end user location and available capacity.
+- [Direct launch via the Windows App](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Direct-launch-via-the-Windows-App/10784545): as a developer, quickly launch Dev Box from the developer portal on the Windows App RDP client.
+- [Cross clients multi-monitor settings](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Dual-Screen-Settings-adjustment-setting-/10770153): as a developer, your multi-monitor settings will be shared consistently across RDP clients.
+- [Notification center for Developer Portal](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Outage-notifications-for-Dev-Box/10720453?q=notifications): as a developer, you will get service notifications and updates right in the Developer Portal.
+- [Pin Dev Box to task view from Developer Portal](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Ping-to-task-view-is-not-quite-working-f/10719957): as a developer, you can quickly access your Developer Box by pinning it to your Windows task view.
 
 ## Enterprise management
 
 Microsoft Dev Box aims to deliver centralized governance based on organizational standards for security, compliance, and cost controls. During this period, we're reducing the time it takes enterprises to get started with Dev Box by making it easier to set up a proof of concept (POC) and then move to production. We're also improving our monitoring, cost control, security, and privacy capabilities.
 
 **Streamlined and flexible onboarding for enterprises**
 
-- [Firewall Service Tags](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Dev-Box:-Advanced-notice-and-notificatio/10704156?q=firewall): as IT administrator working on setting up Dev Box for your organization, quickly configure traffic roles by utilizing Service Tags in your Firewall set up.  
-- [Guest Account](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Enable-Guest-accountsVendors-to-access-/10290470): as a dev center admin, securely onboard and support external teams and contractors to your Dev Box service.
+- [In product prerequisites](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/User-License-Assignment-as-Pre-requisite/10523902?q=pre-requisits): as a dev center admin, you will get a dynamic prerequisites page that highlights any missing requirements and helps you track the progress you are making in setting up the Dev Box service.
+- [New Supported Regions](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/develop-from-the-cloud/microsoft-dev-box-regional-availability/): as a dev center admin, you will be able to enable your development team to create dev boxes in new regions including [UAE North](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Support-for-Dev-Box-in-UAE-North/10781448) and [Spain Central](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Dev-Box-support-in-Spain-Central/10781449).
+- [Expand IPs within existing subnets](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Expand-IPs-within-existing-Subnets-in-a/10781464): as a dev center admin, you will be able to expand IP ranges in subnets that are running out of IP addresses.
+- [RRS Integration into QMS](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Automatically-approve-higher-amounts-of/10781465): as a dev center admin for a trusted customer, you will be able to request and get larger amount of quota automatically approved through QMS.
 
 **Enhanced monitoring and cost controls capabilities**
 
+- [Hibernation on disconnect:](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Customize-hibernation-options/10640621?entry=suggestion&q=hibernation+disconnect) as a dev center admin, reduce cost of compute by enabling dev boxes to hibernate on disconnect based on active working hours of developers.
 - [Dev Box logs:](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/When-Microsoft-Monitoring-Agent-will-be/10471575?entry=suggestion&q=Azure+Monitor) as a dev center admin, access user level engagement metrics and connectivity related metrics. 
-- [Azure Monitor Agent (AMA) scoping](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/When-Microsoft-Monitoring-Agent-will-be/10471575?entry=suggestion&q=Azure+Monitor): as a dev center admin, focus your monitoring solely on Dev Box devices, which simplifies monitoring and reduces costs. 
-- [Hibernation on disconnect (preview):](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Customize-hibernation-options/10640621?entry=suggestion&q=hibernation+disconnect) as a dev center admin, reduce cost of compute by enabling Dev Boxes to hibernate on disconnect based on active working hours of developers. 
 
 **Security and privacy**
 
+- [Project Policy](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Curation-for-Dev-Center-and-Projects-und/10719953): as a dev center admin, set up guardrails around resources that different projects should and shouldn't access.
 - [Customer Managed Keys (CMK):](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Encryption-with-customer-managed-keys-fo/10720463) as a dev center admin, have a greater control over your data encryption by managing your own encryption keys.
-- [Privileged Identity Management (PIM)](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Only-allows-Dev-Box-projects-to-utilize-/10502335): as a dev center admin, get just-in-time admin access to project configurations.
-- [Developer offboarding](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Provide-a-means-to-do-external-cleanup/10670632?q=delete+unused+): as a dev center admin, configure your Dev Box service to offload users from Dev Boxes when they leave the organization and switch between teams. 
+- [Developer offboarding](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Provide-a-means-to-do-external-cleanup/10670632?q=delete+unused+): as a dev center admin, configure your Dev Box service to offload users from Dev Boxes when they leave the organization and switch between teams.
+- [Firewall Service Tags](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Dev-Box:-Advanced-notice-and-notificatio/10704156?q=firewall): as IT administrator working on setting up Dev Box for your organization, quickly configure traffic roles by utilizing Service Tags in your Firewall set up.  
 
 ## Fundamental performance & reliability
 
@@ -70,16 +74,20 @@ Microsoft Dev Box aims to provide a "like-local" developer experience that is as
 **Seamless and reliable connectivity**
 
 - [Single Sign On (SSO)](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Enable-single-sign-on-for-dev-boxes/10720478): as a developer, you no longer need to provide your sign-in credentials every time you access your Dev Box.
-- [Simple Multiple Independent Links Evaluation & Switching](https://developercommunity.microsoft.com/t/Reliable-Connectivity-to-Dev-Box/10720996) [(SMILES):](https://developercommunity.microsoft.com/t/Reliable-Connectivity-to-Dev-Box/10720996) as a developer, you get an uninterrupted reliable Dev Box connection by automatically switching to backup links as needed without disconnecting your active session.
-- [Azure region optimizations based on user locations:](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Move-VM-to-different-poolregion/10277787) as a developer, easily create your new Dev Box in an optimal region based on your location. As a dev center admin, optimize the location of existing Dev Boxes based on end user location and available capacity. 
-- [Visual Studio 2022 and Visual Studio Code RDP optimizations](https://developercommunity.microsoft.com/t/VS-and-VS-Code-optimizations-for-Dev-Box/10720946): as a developer, type and navigate your code without any noticeable latency. 
+- [Visual Studio 2022 RDP optimizations](https://developercommunity.microsoft.com/t/VS-and-VS-Code-optimizations-for-Dev-Box/10720946): as a developer, type and navigate your code without any noticeable latency.
+- [Auto network repair](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Enable-Network-Adapter-after-wrongly-dis/10656306): as a developer, if you lose connectivity to your Dev Box due to miss configuring your Dev Box network adapter, Dev Box will automatically reset your network connection.
+- [Azure region optimizations based on user locations:](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Move-VM-to-different-poolregion/10277787) as a dev center admin, optimize the location of existing Dev Boxes based on end user location and available capacity. 
 
 **Service health & reliability**
 
-- [Backup SKUs:](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Back-up-SKUs-in-case-of-capacity-outage/10720451) as a dev center admin, you get the option to select backup SKUs to be automatically utilized to avoid interruptions during a service outage. 
+- [Startup optimizations](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Startup-optimizations-for-Dev-box/10781438): as a developer, you will experience a more reliable and stable Dev Box startup experience.
+- [Backup SKUs:](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Back-up-SKUs-in-case-of-capacity-outage/10720451) as a developer, you will be able to smoothly resume working on existing dev boxes during service outages by opting to using a fallback SKU.
 - [Self-service snapshot and restore](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Self-serve-snapshot-and-restore/10719611): as a developer, you can recover your Dev Box by restoring it to a previous snapshot.
-- [Outage notifications:](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Outage-notifications-for-Dev-Box/10720453) developers and admins can stay informed about ongoing service outages via outage notification shared within the developer and Azure status portals. 
+- [Outage notifications:](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Outage-notifications-for-Dev-Box/10720453) developers and admins can stay informed about ongoing service outages via outage notification shared within the developer and Azure status portals including [Azure Service Health](https://azure.microsoft.com/get-started/azure-portal/service-health) and [Azure Status](https://azure.status.microsoft/status) portals.
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+This roadmap outlines our current priorities, and we remain flexible to adapt based on customer feedback. We invite you to [share your thoughts and suggest more capabilities you would like to see](https://aka.ms/DevBox/Feedback). Your insights help us refine our focus and deliver even greater value.
 
 ## Related content
 
-- [What is Microsoft Dev Box?](overview-what-is-microsoft-dev-box.md)
+- [What is Microsoft Dev Box?](overview-what-is-microsoft-dev-box.md)