Azure Boards
Azure Boards provides a rich set of capabilities for planning, tracking, and discussing work across your teams. It is the central hub for agile project management within Azure DevOps.
Key Features
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Work Items
Create and manage user stories, bugs, tasks, and features. Customize fields, states, and workflows to match your process.
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Boards & Backlogs
Visualize work with Kanban boards, sprint backlogs, and capacity planning tools. Drag‑and‑drop to prioritize.
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Queries & Charts
Build powerful queries and generate charts to gain insights into team performance and progress.
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Dashboards
Combine widgets from Boards, Pipelines, and Repos into unified dashboards for real‑time monitoring.
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Integration
Seamlessly integrate with GitHub, Microsoft Teams, and Azure Services for end‑to‑end traceability.
Getting Started
- Sign in to Azure DevOps and create a new project.
- Navigate to Boards → Boards to view the default Kanban board.
- Configure your process (Agile, Scrum, CMMI) under Project Settings → Boards → Process.
- Add work items by clicking
+ New Work Itemand select the appropriate type. - Set up sprint iterations under Project Settings → Boards → Iterations.