A new era · AI-ready · Azure DevOps native · Enterprise compliant
Step into the new era of requirements management.
The next generation of Modern Requirements4DevOps is here, built on a modern, cloud native foundation, refined by years of customer feedback, and built natively for Azure DevOps. Everything your teams already rely on, reimagined for what comes next.
Up to 60% faster
Comparisons, file opens, reports and traceability across the platform.
90%+
Of known issues from MR 2025 resolved in this release.
Auto-scaling
Fully scalable on Azure App Service, no manual capacity planning.
Requirements work is unforgiving in the places it matters most. Defense programs, medical devices, national infrastructure and banking already run theirs on Modern Requirements.
These are not self-awarded. G2 badges come from verified customer reviews, and the analyst medals from independent evaluation of the category.
Built for performance
Faster across every module.
Measured against MR 2025 on a standard reference dataset. Results may vary based on environment configuration and data volume.
Smoother behavior under load as your projects scale, with a lower memory footprint.
What's improved across every module.
The next generation introduces meaningful upgrades to every part of Modern Requirements4DevOps while preserving the workflows your teams already know, now faster, more connected, and easier to navigate.
What's New
Document conversion
Smart Import
Word Import is rebuilt as a guided six step wizard. Upload a Word or PDF file, map headings, tables, lists, and paragraphs to work item types, preview for duplicates and missing fields, then save the whole mapping as a reusable template.
Agentic automation
Agents4DevOps
Configure AI agents, run them manually, on a schedule, or from Azure DevOps events, and govern every run with permissions, credit controls, and a full execution history.
Unified workspace
Smart Edit
View, edit, and manage work items in a single window. Includes editable Links and Attachments tabs, a Linked Artifacts tab, and @mentions and #work-item links while editing, just like Azure DevOps.
Organization
Smart Docs Hierarchy View
A Hierarchy View toggle gives a clearer view of document structure, making large documents easier to navigate at a glance.
Global teams
Multilingual interface
Menus, labels, and key interface elements are available in fourteen languages, so distributed teams can work in the language they prefer.
ADO alignment
General enhancements and UX refresh
A refreshed interface matched to the current Azure DevOps design system, ADO style filter panels in every module, a new Favorites tab, consistent typography and iconography, clearer action labels, and improved accessibility.
What's Enhanced
Insight
Advanced Traceability
New Tree View, Link Tree View, Heatmap visualization, and a dedicated Analytics tab across the Intersection and Horizontal matrices, surfacing coverage gaps and relationships at a glance.
Automation
Smarter Reviews
Threaded comment replies like MS Word, background auto close for scheduled reviews even with no user logged in, and a dedicated administrator account for compliance and governance.
Comparison
Variant and Version Comparison
A split view compares package versions and variants side by side, with colour coded highlighting of added, removed, and updated work items.
Modeling
Rebuilt Diagram designer
A modernized designer with a categorised shape library and search, a streamlined toolbar for drawing, formatting, layout, and connectors, and the same diagramming capability your teams use today.
Referencing
Cross referencing in Smart Docs
Reference a numbered item, table, or image from one work item inside another in the same document. References carry through to HTML, Word, and PDF exports and stay clickable.
Sharing
Copy URL and signature options
Copy a direct URL to any trace or baseline file, and generate Smart Reports with either document only or document plus work item signatures.
The leap from previous generation.
Previous generation
- Separate edit and view modes
- Basic search across modules
- Limited traceability views
- Manual, user dependent review closure
- Ruleset files maintained outside the product
- English only interface
MR NextGen
- Unified Smart Edit workspace
- ADO style filtering in every module
- Tree view, heatmap and analytics
- Automated, background review closure
- Import templates saved inside Smart Import
- Fourteen interface languages
Every module, reimagined.
Each module preserves the workflows your teams already rely on, now faster, more connected, and easier to navigate on a modern Azure native foundation.
Smart Docs/Structured authoringNextGen
Build requirement documents on top of Azure DevOps.
A document style interface for Azure DevOps work items, with hierarchy, indentation, and configurable columns. Author inline or through the Smart Edit side pane.
Smart EditNew
A unified workspace to view, edit, and manage work items in a single window. Editable Links and Attachments tabs, Linked Artifacts, and @mentions and #work-item links while editing, just like ADO.
Hierarchy ViewNew
A toggle gives a tree view of document structure, making large documents easier to navigate at a glance.
Cross referencingNew
Reference a numbered item, table, or image from another work item in the same document. References stay clickable through Word, PDF, and HTML exports.
Document style authoring
Live ADO work items rendered as a structured document, with hierarchy, indentation, configurable columns, and real time editing.
Templates and styling
Reusable document templates with branded styling, custom columns, and ADO aligned typography.
Smart Doc CompareFaster
Side by side comparison of any two Smart Doc versions. Around 60% faster than MR 2025.
Smart Import/Document to work item conversionNew
Turn Word and PDF documents into structured work items.
Word Import is rebuilt as a dedicated module with a guided wizard that runs from Upload through Parse, Map and Classify, Link, Preview, and Import. Turn existing specifications into properly structured work items without manual re-entry.
Six step guided wizardNew
Upload, parse, map and classify, link, preview, import. Nothing is created in Azure DevOps until the final step.
Word and PDF sourcesNew
Accepts .docx, .dotx, .doc, .dot, .docm, .dotm and .pdf files up to 50 MB, with older Word formats converted automatically.
Heading and content mappingNew
Map heading levels to work item types and control how paragraphs, lists, images, and tables are handled, including child items per bullet or paragraph.
Tables to work items
Turn each table row into a work item with column to field mapping, header row handling, skipped rows, and per row type overrides.
Conditional routing
IF and ELSE IF rules route headings to different work item types based on their text, so FR- and NFR- sections land in the right place automatically.
Reusable templatesNew
Save any import configuration as a template. The next similar document takes minutes instead of a full remap.
Pre-import preview
A dry run flags duplicates, ambiguous items, and missing required fields, and exports the whole preview as CSV for review outside the product.
Merge with existing
Resolve a flagged duplicate by merging into the existing work item rather than creating a second copy.
Straight into your workflow
Open the created items in Azure DevOps Queries, or publish them as a Smart Doc in one action.
Document Management/Storage and versioning
Document storage, versioning, and collaborative review.
Upload, organize, and manage documents within Azure DevOps and NextGen. Check out and check in for collaborative version control, plus side by side Word comparison across all versions at once.
Central document library
Organize documents alongside your work items, accessible at the project level inside ADO.
Check-out / check-in
Lock a document for editing, then publish a new version. Collaborative version control without overwriting.
Version history
Every version preserved with author, timestamp, and change notes. Restore any prior version on demand.
Side-by-side Word compare
Compare all Word document versions side by side and see exactly what changed across iterations.
Permission inheritance
Documents follow your ADO project permissions. No separate access management to maintain.
Attachment links to work items
Reference any document directly from an ADO work item, bidirectional and always in sync.
Review/Formal approval workflowNextGen
Collect feedback. Capture sign-off. Audit every step.
Structured review and approval workflow with mandatory audit trails on rejection, designed for the reality of formal sign off in regulated environments.
Threaded commentsNew
Reply directly to a comment, threaded discussions just like Microsoft Word. Reviewers and authors stay in context.
Background auto-closeNew
Scheduled reviews now auto close in the background, even with no user logged in. Independent of who started the review.
Dedicated admin accountNew
A dedicated administrator account runs scheduled reviews for compliance and governance, keeping a clean audit trail.
Reviewer / approver roles
Distinct reviewer and approver roles. Reviewers add comments, approvers sign off. Track both independently.
Mandatory rejection trails
Rejections require a reason on the record, designed for FDA, ISO 13485, and audit grade traceability.
E-signatures
Capture electronic signatures on approval, with reauthentication where required for compliance evidence.
Traceability/Matrix and coverageNextGen
Bidirectional traceability with coverage analytics.
Build matrices between any two sets of ADO work items. Three views, Grid, List, and Heatmap, plus an Analytics tab for gap analysis and state distribution.
Tree ViewNew
Hierarchical visualization of trace relationships. Drill from epic to feature to test in one expandable tree.
Link Tree ViewNew
See every link from one work item outward, multi-hop relationships at a glance.
Heatmap visualizationEnhanced
Colour coded coverage density. Instantly spot gaps where requirements have no tests, or tests have no requirements.
Analytics tabNew
Dedicated Analytics across the Intersection and Horizontal matrices, gap analysis, state distribution, and coverage stats.
Horizontal and intersection matrices
Match two sets of work items across any link type. Filter, group, and export.
Live trace generationFaster
Trace matrices generate around 60% faster than MR 2025, even on large project graphs.
Copy URL for trace filesNew
Copy a direct link to any trace file from the context menu and share it with anyone who has access.
Baseline/Point-in-time snapshot
Immutable snapshots for audit and compliance.
Capture an immutable snapshot of work items at any milestone. Copy across projects, merge two baselines, or generate a Word format Difference Report, with comparisons around 60% faster in NextGen.
Immutable snapshots
Lock the exact state of any work item set at a milestone. Locked baselines cannot be edited, ever.
Cross-project copy
Copy a baseline from one project to another and preserve the exact configuration for related programs.
Baseline merge
Merge two baselines into a third, useful when consolidating release branches or program variants.
Word Difference Report
Generate a Word format Difference Report comparing any two baselines. Audit ready output, formatted for review.
Baseline comparisonFaster
Side by side comparison of any two baselines, around 60% faster than MR 2025.
Copy URL for baseline filesNew
Share a direct link to any baseline file from the context menu or the overflow menu.
Smart Report/Document and report generation
Compliance ready documents, generated from live data.
The reporting engine built into Smart Docs and Traceability. Choose a template and stylesheet, preview the output, and export in the format you need, or save it straight to the document library.
Word, PDF, and HTML export
Generate formatted documents from Smart Docs or traceability matrices and export in the format your process requires.
Signature optionsNew
Generate either document only or document plus work item signatures, available to approvers from a Review or the Smart Doc version it was created on.
Custom .dotx templates
Upload your own branded Word templates for regulated or client facing document formats.
Designer tab
Create and manage templates and stylesheets, choosing which work item types, fields, and sections to include.
Preview before export
See the rendered output before you generate, so nothing is published by surprise.
Save to the library
Publish a generated report straight into the Document Management library for versioning and review.
Diagrams/Visual modelingRebuilt
A modernized designer for process and system models.
The Diagram module has been rebuilt with a modern interface, keeping the familiar diagramming capability while introducing a cleaner layout and streamlined tools.
Modernized designerNew
A cleaner, more intuitive canvas aligned to the NextGen interface, with an improved workspace and navigation.
Categorised shape libraryNew
Stencils grouped by category with search, so the right shape is a keystroke away instead of a scroll.
Streamlined toolbarNew
Drawing, formatting, layout, and connector operations consolidated into one predictable toolbar.
Multiple diagram types
Flowcharts, BPMN process models, and use case diagrams, all in a single editor.
Drag and drop authoring
Build diagrams without specialist modeling experience. Drag shapes onto the canvas and connect them.
Linked to downstream artifacts
Publish diagrams and link them to use cases and test cases, creating traceability from visual model to test.
Copilot4DevOps/AI requirements intelligenceAI
AI embedded in every authoring workflow.
Accessible from Smart Docs, Version Package, and the ADO work item context menu. Grounded in your live ADO data, so suggestions come from your actual requirements and publish straight back without leaving the platform.
Elicit
Generate backlog items, test cases, tasks, and bugs directly from requirement descriptions.
Analyze
Evaluate requirements against 6C, INVEST, PABLO, MoSCoW, and SWOT quality frameworks.
Convert
Express a requirement as a user story, a use case from an actor perspective, or a Gherkin scenario.
Transform
Summarize, paraphrase, elaborate, or translate existing requirement content.
Diagram
Turn requirement text into visual diagrams, process flows, sequences, and system diagrams.
Mockup
Generate UI wireframes and no code application prototypes directly from requirement text.
Chat
Converse with an assistant to create, refine, query, or convert requirements in context.
Q&A Assistant
Elicit detailed requirements through AI driven structured questions.
Impact Assessment
Evaluate how a proposed change affects existing work items, with details, tasks, and severity.
Generate
Translate requirements into algorithm steps, pseudocode, test scripts, or AI specs.
Dynamic Prompt
Create and manage your own prompt templates for repeatable AI workflows across the team.
SOP / Document Generator
Produce structured SOPs and compliance documents in seconds from your live data.
More capability, less manual effort. The full AI capability set is available in the AI packages, Frontier AI and Engineering AI. Native AI features in all packages are powered by Copilot4DevOps Lite, covering Elicit, Analyze, Convert, and Transform.
Agents4DevOps/Agent automation and governanceNew
Delegate the repeatable work to governed AI agents.
An end to end platform for configuring, running, and governing AI agents across your Azure DevOps projects, with a reusable skills library and the administration controls regulated teams need before they can adopt automation.
Execution agentsNew
Built from natural language instructions, uploaded code or configuration, or a library template.
Assisted autonomous agentsNew
Created with AI, manually, or from templates, with optional approvals so the agent pauses for human input when it needs clarification.
SkillsNew
A dedicated Skills tab centralizes the reusable capabilities agents draw on, with versioning, enable and disable toggles, and visibility of which agents use what.
LibraryNew
A curated catalogue of prebuilt agents and skills, so teams start from proven patterns instead of designing every agent from scratch.
Triggers
Run agents manually, on a schedule, or from Azure DevOps events spanning builds, code, pipelines, and work items.
Jobs and Job Explorer
A master execution history of every run, filterable by agent, trigger, work item type, and status, with run details, logs, agent responses, and approval tasks per job.
Permission modelNew
Twelve agent and skill actions controlled globally and per project, with allow, deny, or inherited settings and consistent UI enforcement.
Credit governanceNew
Usage dashboards, daily consumption alerts, and automatic disabling of the highest consuming agents to protect the monthly quota.
Global tool call and model control
Centrally enable or disable the specific capabilities agents can use, and set prioritised AI models per module with fallbacks.
AI Edit/AI in ADOAI
One-click AI assistance directly in ADO.
A focused AI editing panel from the ADO work item context menu, for when you want a quick AI boost on a single work item without opening the full Copilot4DevOps interface.
Right-click from ADO
Invoke AI Edit directly from the ADO work item context menu, no separate window, no switching tools.
Focused single-item editing
A focused side panel for one work item. Refine, expand, rewrite, or analyze without losing context.
Inline rewrite and expand
Get suggestions inline, then accept, edit, or discard. Author at your pace, not the AI's.
Quality checks
One click quality analysis with industry frameworks, INVEST, MoSCoW, and 6C.
Custom prompts
Run custom prompt templates for repeatable AI workflows across your team.
Lives inside ADO
No separate URL, no separate login. AI Edit is part of your ADO project.
Version Package/Packaging and variantsNextGen
Versioned work item packages with variant support.
Group related work items into a managed, query driven package. Lock packages, capture variants for parallel configurations, and compare any two versions side by side, around 50% faster in NextGen.
Variant and Version split-viewNew
A split view compares package versions and variants side by side, with colour coded highlighting of added, removed, and updated work items.
Query-driven packages
Define a package by ADO query. Membership stays current as work items evolve.
Lock and version
Lock a package to create a stable version. Branch new versions from a locked baseline.
Variant management
Capture parallel configurations from a single package. Manage variants without duplicating requirements.
Cross-project sharing
Share packages and variants across projects, useful for shared component libraries and platform reuse.
Bulk operations
Apply state changes, tags, or attribute updates to every work item in a package at once.
Test Case Management/Virtual work items
Test execution traceability ADO can't surface alone.
Azure DevOps gives you Test Plan, Test Suite, Test Case. NextGen extends it with Virtual Work Items, Test Point, Test Run, Test Result, and Test Step Run, for end to end test execution traceability.
Test Point virtual items
Surface ADO Test Points as first class work items. Trace them like any other.
Test Run, Result, Step Run
Bring Test Run, Test Result, and Test Step Run into the requirements layer, a full execution audit trail.
Requirement-to-execution trace
Trace a requirement all the way from authored to executed to passed, in one matrix.
Test Hub Reporting
Compliance ready test reports. Link requirements to Azure Test Plans and report on coverage.
Execution heatmap
Visualize which requirements have run, passed, failed, or never executed.
FDA / IEC 62304 ready
Designed for medical device and regulated industry test evidence packages.
Admin Panel/Organization configuration
Central configuration for the whole organization.
Available to Collection Administrators at the ADO organization level. Licensing, product wide settings, and module specific configuration in one place.
Centralized licensing
Manage user and floating licenses across your whole ADO organization, one screen, all projects.
Per-module configuration
Set defaults and policies for Smart Docs, Review, Baseline, Traceability, and every module.
Role and permission mapping
Map ADO security groups to NextGen capability levels. Inherits ADO's permission model.
Agents4DevOps configurationNew
Connection settings and access tokens, outbound email through SMTP or SendGrid, credit alerts, model selection, and global tool call controls.
Audit log access
Full audit trail of admin actions, configuration changes, and license assignments.
Auto-scaling settings
Auto-scaling is on by default, fully scalable on Azure App Service, no manual capacity planning.
Now shipped, natively.
The two capabilities customers asked for most are no longer interim solutions. Both now run natively on the NextGen architecture.
- Smart Import replaces Word Import with a guided wizard, conditional mapping rules, and reusable templates saved inside the product.
- Diagrams ships as a rebuilt designer with a categorised shape library, search, and a streamlined toolbar.
- Agents4DevOps brings governed agent automation to Modern Requirements Cloud customers.
- Multilingual support puts the interface in fourteen languages for distributed teams.
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Regulated industries
Built for the standards that actually matter.
From medical devices to aerospace and automotive, Modern Requirements4DevOps is purpose built for regulated engineering programs.
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