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Azure Boards is a part of Azure DevOps service which helps with Agile & CMMI project work item planning and tracking.

Azure Boards is a part of Azure DevOps service which supports projects developed in Agile methodology. It contains following views:

  • Work Items
  • Boards
  • Backlogs
  • Sprints
  • Queries

More information and documentation can be found at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/devops/boards/.

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How can you create a board in Azure DevOps?

I ran into this problem and solved it, so this Q&A is here just in case somebody else spent time on sifting through Microsoft's docs trying to find this answer. How do you create a new board in Azure DevOps? When I go to the boards > board and look…
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How to rename a tag in Azure DevOps

We have a large instance of Visual Studio Online or VSTS or Azure DevOps. We have a Tag on work items that is called "A B" for example. Someone also created another tag "AB". I want to just rename the tag "A B" to "Don't use A B" or just delete…
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Azure DevOps - organizing projects and repositories

(Posting the question here as this is the 'community' that Microsoft redirects to with a 'Need advice? Ask community' button. Hope it won't get closed as 'primarily opinion based' or 'too broad') Hello, I want to start using AzureDevops in my…
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Azure DevOps profile pictures not displayed on boards

With our small development team, we recently switched to Azure DevOps. I successfully connected our tenant to DevOps, in the sense that users are available. From other posts, I understand that profile pictures are not automatically synchronized, and…
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Azure DevOps query matching unassigned tasks?

I have a useful Azure DevOps (ADO) query which gives me a hierarchical view of all the active or new tasks or bugs that are assigned to me in the context of their parent user story and feature: I would like a near-identical query which shows…
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How do I move Work Items from one organization to another

We have a number of Work Items in a project. Now, there is another organization in our devops and we wish to move all our existing Work Items from the old organization (project) to the new one. How can this be done? I've seen people discussing this…
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How to move multiple work items under one work item in automated way?

I have many work items and I want them to organize them in Parent/child manner. So that I can easily track the progress each parent work item area in azure-devops?
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Azure DevOps: Change Project Process from Scrum to Basic

I want to change an Azure DevOps project's Process from Scrum to Basic. I read that: Previously it was not possible to change between System Project Processes (eg. Scrum->Basic) in Azure Devops. Rather, it was only possible to switch between…
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Can I see the backlog as a treeview when filtering out done items on Azure Boards?

I'm using the basic work item process in Azure DevOps. If I look at my backlog without any filters, then it shows me a hierarchy, with epics as the top-level items, then issues and then work items. If I filter this to only show items that are to do…
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How to set the Assigned To when state changes in VSTS/Azure DevOps

I have an inherited process from an Agile process. The base process had the following states New, Active, Resolved, Completed. I added several new states, so now it goes New, Triaged, Active, Development Dont, IT Testing Done, Resolved, Confirmed,…
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Azure Devops Query to find Daily hours spent on Work item

I have to find out time spend by a resource on a Task. let say, There are 3 Task (Task-A,Task-B,Task-C) There are 3 User (User-A,User-B,User-C) All the Task have Original estimate of 8 hours on Day 1 All the User have work 2 hours on their…
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Manage tasks in Azure DevOps when using Kanban boards

When using Kanban boards in Azure DevOps, if the story is split into tasks, is there any support for working with tasks? In the below image we can see the tasks with yellow under the stories but that is not easy for the developers to use. The task…
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Copy Process for Azure Boards from one organization to other organization

After building up a customized inherited process in Azure DevOps, how can I copy this process to an other organization?
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Can't find unparented tasks in backlog on azure board

How can I see all items in azure boards which are actually not done in their right hierarchy. And further more, how can I see unparented tasks in the backlog to plan it for a sprint. I use epics -> work for months, features -> work for weeks, user…
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How to customize workflow in Azure DevOps Service (VSTS online)?

I've read all the MSDN docs, but cannot find a way to edit the work item transitions in Azure DevOps Service (VSTS online). I'm trying to: Add a custom Reason to a State of a work item. (e.g. "resolved", "won't fix") See/edit all the existing rules…
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