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An Alternative to VSTS App in Slack app store

Divya VaishnaviMay 12, 2020May 12, 202005/12/20

Apps for Azure Pipelines, Azure Boards and Azure Repos in Slack app store as an alternative to VSTS App in Slack app store

A Sprint Burndown widget with everything you’ve been asking for

Gregg BoerNovember 19, 2019Nov 19, 201911/19/19

Sprint burndown the way you want. Burndown by Story Points, count of Tasks, custom fields. Create burndowns on Epics, Features, Stories. Resize to 10x10.

Track the progress of work using Rollup columns

Romi KoifmanSeptember 30, 2019Sep 30, 201909/30/19

How is our Feature progressing? As simple and common as this question is, it’s a hard one to answer. Especially if your Feature is complex and is composed of multiple User Stories and Tasks. With Sprint 157 Update you will be able to answer this using Rollup in Azure Boards backlog view. What is rollup? Rollup is an aggregation displayed

Team Safety with the Anonymous Fist to Five method

Dan HellemSeptember 19, 2019Sep 19, 201909/19/19

The success of any agile team is built on the shoulders of its individuals and their ability to work as a team. Those individuals need to feel safe to express their ideas and thoughts without other members passing judgement on each other. For every great idea your team has, there are dozens of other ideas that don't stick. If team members are

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Get insights into your team’s health with Azure Boards Reports

Romi KoifmanAugust 6, 2019Aug 6, 201908/6/19

You can’t fix what you can’t see. That’s why high executing teams want to keep a close eye on the state and health of their work processes. Now its easier for teams to track important metrics with minimal effort right inside Azure Boards. Introducing three new reports to Azure Boards: Sprint Burndown, Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD), Velocity.

Azure Pipelines integration with Jira Software

Shashank BansalJuly 12, 2019Jul 12, 201907/12/19

Azure Pipelines enable you to continuously build, test and deploy to any platform or cloud. This plugin connects Jira Software with Azure Pipelines, enabling full tracking of how and when an issue is delivered.

Introducing Azure Boards to the GitHub Marketplace

Alex NicholsMay 7, 2019May 7, 201905/7/19

While you’ve been able to get started with Azure Boards from azure.com/boards for several months now, the new app in the GitHub Marketplace streamlines the acquisition of the service and configuration of your GitHub repository connections.

Analytics For Azure DevOps Services is Now Generally Available

Anand GuruswamyApril 5, 2019Apr 5, 201904/5/19

Analytics for Azure DevOps Services is Now Generally Available! Read this blog to learn more about the exciting features that you can start using!

Edit and Delete Discussion Comments on the Work Item

Jessie SomekhApril 4, 2019Apr 4, 201904/4/19

You can now edit and delete comments in your work item's discussion! Read this blog to learn more about the experience.

Azure Boards Project Paper Cuts

Ali TaiApril 2, 2019Apr 2, 201904/2/19

We recognize that throughout the years, Azure Boards's workflows have accumulated smaller issues and usability nitpicks which have failed to become part of bigger product initiatives. This is where Project Paper Cuts comes in.

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