Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Release.Client 20.256.0-preview

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This is a prerelease version of Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Release.Client.
There is a newer prerelease version of this package available.
See the version list below for details.

Requires NuGet 3.4 or higher.

dotnet add package Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Release.Client --version 20.256.0-preview
                    
NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Release.Client -Version 20.256.0-preview
                    
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Release.Client" Version="20.256.0-preview" />
                    
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Release.Client" Version="20.256.0-preview" />
                    
Directory.Packages.props
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Release.Client" />
                    
Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package.
paket add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Release.Client --version 20.256.0-preview
                    
#r "nuget: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Release.Client, 20.256.0-preview"
                    
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.
#:package Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Release.Client@20.256.0-preview
                    
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package.
#addin nuget:?package=Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Release.Client&version=20.256.0-preview&prerelease
                    
Install as a Cake Addin
#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Release.Client&version=20.256.0-preview&prerelease
                    
Install as a Cake Tool

Integrate with Azure DevOps Server and Azure DevOps Services from desktop-based, ASP.NET, and other Windows applications.  Provides access to the Release Service via public REST APIs.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
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.NET Core netcoreapp2.0 was computed.  netcoreapp2.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.2 was computed.  netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 was computed. 
.NET Standard netstandard2.0 is compatible.  netstandard2.1 was computed. 
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