Developers today rely on communication platforms like Microsoft Teams extensively to get work done. Often, Microsoft Teams is the place where ideas are discussed, insights are generated and product defects are identified. The same discussions then can continue in Azure Boards where development teams actually plan and manage their work. We are excited to announce the Azure Boards app for Microsoft Teams that brings work in Azure Boards closer to the team channel in Microsoft Teams.
With this app, users can create new work items in Azure Boards through a command or through message actions that convert a conversation in the channel into a work item. Users can also set up and manage subscriptions to get notifications in their channel whenever work items are created or updated. Messaging extension can be used to search and share work items with other members in the channel or previews can be generated from work item URLs to help initiate discussions and keep the conversations contextual.
Create work items
Use message actions to create work item from conversations in the channel
Get notified when a work item is created or updated
Search and share work items using messaging extension
Use work item URLs to initiate discussions around work items
For more details about the app, please take a look at the documentation or go straight ahead and install the app.
Please give the app a try and send us your feedback using the @azure boards feedback command in the app or on Developer Community.
I cant make it work: I get VssUnauthorizedException:
{“$id”:”1″,”innerException”:null,”message”:”TF400898: An Internal Error Occurred.”,”typeName”:”Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Common.VssUnauthorizedException, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Common”,”typeKey”:”VssUnauthorizedException”,”errorCode”:0,”eventId”:3000}
@Mats Wessling,
Can you please write to us with more details at AzureDevOpsTeamsApps@microsoft.com? We need some more information to investigate this issue.
Love the features but it has the same problem (for us) as general Azure DevOps integration.
As we have multiple AAD domains –
Teams, being in our corporate directory and our AzDO org is in the ‘production’ Directory the membership is inherited via a ‘guest’ user. The problem with teams is that it’s only showing you the AzDO orgs that are using the same directory your user account is associated with. Some Microsoft sites, like the Azure portal and https://myapps.microsoft.com are smart enough to allow you to switch between the directories linked to your account.
@Michael Baumann,
Apologies for the late reply. The app supports multiple AAD domains. A work around is mentioned in the documentation. However, we are aware of the fact that the proposed work around is not working for few customers and we are actively looking to fix it.
When I try and add a subscription it complains I need to be an administrator of the project…which I’m not so I can’t really use this. too bad!
Not sure why someone needs to be an admin of the project to be able to do this.
@Ryan,
Currently the app only allows project admins to create subscriptions. However we are working on a feature to allow Team admins to create subscriptions. It will take few weeks.
You guys really need to support Azure DevOps Server with these apps. My company needs to use on prem, and having great apps like this could really help the adoption/buy-in to Teams and AZD.
@Ryan Slavinsky,
Thank you for your feedback. Currently there are no immediate plans to support Azure DevOps Server. However, we will revisit this based on overall user ask.