{"id":27325,"date":"2018-09-07T17:29:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T17:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/premier_developer\/?p=27325"},"modified":"2019-02-14T20:17:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T03:17:51","slug":"kanban-board-tools-extension-for-vsts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/premier-developer\/kanban-board-tools-extension-for-vsts\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanban Board Tools Extension for VSTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>App Dev Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/edwardfry\/\">Edward Fry<\/a> spotlights Kanban Tools VSTS Extension which makes it easily to copy VSTS Kanban boards between teams.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/04\/KBT1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;float: right\" title=\"KBT1\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/04\/KBT1_thumb.png\" alt=\"KBT1\" width=\"244\" height=\"100\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>The <em>Kanban Tools<\/em> extension for VSTS is now available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.visualstudio.com\/items?itemName=alm-devops-rangers.KanbanBoardTools\">marketplace<\/a>.\u00a0 This is our first public release of the extension and includes the ability to copy to and from a team&#8217;s Kanban board.<\/p>\n<p>Here is one scenario where you may find this extension to be useful.\u00a0 One team at an organization has spent a lot of time and trial-and-error to get their Kanban board just so.\u00a0 Maybe that team is part of a pilot project, or maybe they are a center of excellence for the organization, or maybe they are just a very passionate team amongst many.\u00a0 Regardless, the board configuration is of value.\u00a0 Perhaps it provides greater productivity or suits the culture particularly well.\u00a0 Perhaps it meets certain company or regulatory requirements.\u00a0 Or, maybe, it just looks like it might be beneficial and worth taking for a spin.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the reasons, other teams at that organization want to use the board configuration themselves.\u00a0 Or, perhaps, the organization prefers that a team&#8217;s board be adopted as a standard across the enterprise.\u00a0 Either way, the Kanban Board Tools extension will let one team easily copy one board configuration to other teams.\u00a0 It can be applied in two directions, too, meaning that one team can apply their board to another team, or another team may copy the board to their own board.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s get the extension installed so that you can try it out!\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/visualstudioalmrangers\/2018\/08\/24\/kanban-board-tools-extension-now-available\/\">Check out Edward\u2019s post here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kanban Tools extension for VSTS is now available on the marketplace. 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