My company currently uses Jira and Confluence. In this setup, it is very easy to link a Jira ticket to a Confluence page, via a simple search inside the create link dialog.
We're now looking at moving to VSTS Work Items and Sharepoint. I'm wondering whether VSTS Work Items and Sharepoint are strongly integrated as well. Is it easy to insert a link in a VSTS Work Item to the latest version of a Sharepoint document?
The VSTS isn’t integrated with on-premise SharePoint, but you can add the link to the work item (Hyperlink type). So, they aren’t strongly integrated.
as workaround in Azure DevOps you can add a link to work item's description (enter to Description field, use icon "Create link" and paste this link to window which appears).
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In below image I can see that there are multiple tabs when we create pull request like Overview, Files, Update, Commits, etc. I want to add a new tab in pull request. I tried searching on internet but was not able to find much. It will be great if someone can help me with it.
Thank you
I agree with #4c74356b41 AFAIK that's not possible without creating a full-blown extension\addon.
Reference taken from :
Azure DevOps-Add extension that adds custom tab to Pipeline / Release Definition page (not the summary page) - Stack Overflow
. I don't know the term I should use to search for it.I am just not sure what to search in google to learn more about it.
you can search for the following terms on Google :
Azure DevOps extension samples
Azure DevOps extension custom tab
Azure Devops Extensions Overview
I am ok with adding addon\extension. I actually want to know some document references that can be useful in this scenario
As you are ok with extension you can refer this MS document Extensions overview.
To create a new tab in a pull request, you need to create an extension that adds the new functionality to Azure DevOps. You can use Visual Studio to create a new Azure DevOps extension project.
Reference for Working with Pull Requests in Visual Studio Code and Azure DevOps
Reference SO thread
Azure boards MS Team integration. Only showing Issues or Epics, where are my work items?
I added a tab into a Team channel, and I can see Issues, but there is not option for showing the Work Item field?
On the Azure Boards website I see both fields: Issues and Work items.
Here is no Work Item field
This is the website showing both types at once
As I understand, you are not able to see work item field.
If you need to see work item field,
you need to connect to a project and not just a repository.
From the connect to a Project dialog.
Use CTRL-Shift to select your options and then choose Connect.
The new Work Items experience is available when you connect to a Azure Repos Git repository.
For further reading please follow the document.
You need to set up and manage subscriptions for creating and updating work items. You can create subscriptions to monitor work items at any time using the #azure boards subscriptions command.
Please go through the documentation for more info.
wow I can believe after almost a year nobody replied you. You can set it up in the Organization Settings > Boards > Settings then you can see the process selected. e.g Agile, Basic (what you mentioned) Scrum, etc.
I hope helped someone after this.
I'm in the process of setting up an in-house Azure DevOps environment. But I'm stuck at a point where I need to set up an email integration.
Question: is it possible within Azure DevOps to create a work item (in general/specific to a project) upon receiving an email?
Trigger: Users report issues via a generic email address (like support email)
Manage: Azure DevOps to capture this email (monitor inbox of this generic email address)
Output: A new work item is created with the contents/subject from the captured email.
Note: Issues could either be a bug, minor usability or other supports
I did look into MS Power Automate using flow. But not ideal in my
case
Searched market place for a possible plugin. But couldn't find one
which does this
Thanks in advance for any help or direction.
Thanks you for all fellow contributors who suggested alternative approach. Unfortunately, these suggestions doesn't solve my concern at its level and hence I raised a feature request in Azure DevOps Server forum. You may find the request here and please vote it if you think it is relevant to you.
The easy way is to use the TFS Work Items from Outlook tool.
It's give you the ability to create a work item from outlook and also create rules for create work items automatically (with templates).
Note: the name is TFS Work Items but it should works also with ADO.
Azure DevOps does not contain feature to create work items through email. You can try:
TeamBox (pop3)
As you mentioned MS Power Automate or Azure Logic App.
Create your solution with existing resources. As example: Mail.dll - .NET email component (IMAP, POP3, S/MIME), Create Work Item in Team Services Through API
As Shamrai Aleksander mentioned above, for now Azure Devops Service doesn't support creating WITs from email.
Not sure if above extensions shared by Shamrai Aleksander and Shayki Abramczyk meet your needs well, I think you can also consider posting a feature request if you do want such feature comes true in Azure Devops Service. Since it's a good idea, feel free to suggest a feature to User Voice Forum of ADO.
Your requirements seems to be similar to this one which is posted in 2019, I recommend you can post a new one to share your feedback. Also, share the link in your question and members who interested in that would vote for you! Hope it helps.
This is a good use case for a Logic App. You can create an app that triggers on a new email, using the Outlook connector, and then create a work item using the DevOps connector.
You can also add logic in the middle (using the Control connector and variables, for instance), to assess the content of the email and dynamically set the target project, work item type, or tags.
You can user Microsoft Power Automate to do that.
You activator would be receiving an email and the rest of the workflow is up to you. It creates issues correctly and there is even a workaround to add files to the issue with power automate.
I'm quite new with TFS, I'm trying to get our department to use it (and not VSS2005).
I have created a project, user stories and work items.
I'm now playing with the sharepoint portal and have added a "List" which looks like Microsoft Project. I would've thought it would link to all the existing work items and show them, but it is blank.
What am I missing?
I sugegst you to access Team Explorer, click on Team Project Settings and Project Portal Settings. Project Portal is not enabled. Click on Enable team project portal.
Specify your SharePoint Site credentials and click on OK.
I am newbie to Sharepoint.
I want to create workflow as template using Sharepoint designer and deploy it as feature.
Following link Workflow Deployment Using Features suggests, this can be achieved in visual studio.
I have following questions
1. Can sharepoint foundation has workflow as template
2. Can we deploy workflow made in designer as feature
If answer to both these is yes, please share some links to get started for these.
You can use Reusable workflow for this.
Assuming you are on SharePoint 2010,
Create a new reusable workflow.
Save it and publish it and test that it works fine
In the ribbon, use Save as Template option to save it.
It will get saved in Site Assets Library as wsp form where you can download it and upload to other sites as wsp and activate the feature to use it there.
More information can be found here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee231580.aspx