Does Azure Devops Server 2019 include the "Environments" feature - azure-devops

We recently upgraded to Azure Devops Server 2019 but i don't see Environments under the Pipeline menu.
Is the Environment feature present in Azure Devops Server 2019?

I am afraid that the Environment feature is currently not supported in Azure Devops Server 2019. To use the Environment feature, you need to upgrade to Server 2020. For details,please refer to this release note.
In addition, you could add your request for supporting this feature on server 2019 on our UserVoice site , which is our main forum for product suggestions. The product team would provide the updates if they view it. Thank you for helping us build a better Azure DevOps.

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difference between azure devops cloud and azure devops server 2019

I cannot find the below configuration in azure devops server (aka TFS)
Please find the below screenshots from azure devops where you can do exactly that
1- Add a public source
2- Add a custom npm registry
3- You can see folio added to upstreams
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So why do you think TFS 2019 can't do just that?
It seems to be a new feature, Azure DevOps Service contain the latest feature and we could check the timeline in this site.
And Azure DevOps Server is updated once a period of time. If we check some new feature in the Azure DevOps Service and does not see it in the Azure DevOps, we need to check this Azure DevOps Server 2019 Release Notes and wait for the update.

Azure DevOps Server 2019 - Create pipeline - No GitHub yaml option in Where is Your Code

I have Azure Devops server 2019 update 1.1, I understand from a couple of videos that when we try to create a new pipeline, we should see several options as follows
whereas on my server, there is no "Githyb Yaml", only enterprise or othergit
Am I missing a config or an update? Thanks
Azure DevOps Server 2019 - Create pipeline - No GitHub yaml option in Where is Your Code
According to the official document Supported source repositories, Azure Devops server 2019 does not support GitHub as Source Repository type even in Classic editor:
So, there is no GitHub yaml option on the Azure DevOps Server 2019. It is currently only supported by Azure devops services.

What is the Difference between VSO, VSTS and Azure Devops

TFS is on-premise, all these 3 are online. This is clear.
What I don't understand is: What is the difference between these 3?
VSO
VSTS
Azure DevOps
It seems they are all the same, but I guess I miss something.
These three names actually refer to the same service. Both vso and vsts are the former names of azure devops.
On November 2015, Microsoft announced the transition of its Visual Studio Online (VSO) service to the name Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) which better describes the role that it has as the platform for DevOps delivery. You can refer to this blog.
On September 10, 2018, Microsoft renamed Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) to Azure DevOps Services. See the details about the rename here.

How to update the Build Agent Manually in Azure DevOps 2020?

We have recently upgraded to Azure DevOps 2020 on our testing environment, previously we had TFS 2017 and then upgraded Azure DevOps 2019 and now to Azure DevOps 2020.
I am facing issue regarding the agents I had configured in the earlier version. They don't see to update when I click on the update agent link.
I have one agent i.e. POC_2017Agent installed and created with TFS 2017 agent and the last two agents were created and installed with Azure DevOps 2019.
After we upgraded to 2020 all 3 of them are shown as Offline, even when their services on the servers are running\restarted.
How can I upgrade the agents manually, if they are not getting upgraded automatically after clicking on the update Agent link?
I don't want to remove them and reconfigure again.
Beginning with Azure DevOps Server 2019, you can configure your server to look for the agent package files on a local disk. This configuration will override the default version that came with the server at the time of its release.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/agents/agents?view=azure-devops-2019&tabs=browser#can-i-update-my-v2-agents-that-are-part-of-an-azure-devops-server-pool

Will the Team Retrospective extension have a more permanent replacement with the Azure Devops platform?

My team uses the Team Retrospective extension & it's being un-published from the marketplace later this month. I'd love to know if Azure Devops will continue to support this extension and/or if it will be replaced as a new feature within the Azure Devops platform.
I'd love to know if Azure Devops will continue to support this extension and/or if it will be replaced as a new feature within the Azure Devops platform.
AFAIK, Azure Devops will continue to support this extension. I got following message:
Retrospectives will be un-published from the Marketplace on May 29,
2020 Beginning on May 29th, 2020 the Team Retrospectives extension
will no longer be available on the Azure DevOps Marketplace. Existing
installations will continue to work with the exception of the
real-time update feature, until your organization admin explicitly
removes the extension from the ADO tenant. Thank you to everyone who
provided feedback for helping to improve the extension ecosystem.
So, if you have already installed this extension on your organization, it will continue to be supported.
Hope this helps.