Azure DevOps extension

Azure DevOps extension

Azure DevOps is a platform from Microsoft that offers a DevOps tool for developing and deploying software. Install Azure DevOps in Zoho Sprints and accelerate the software development process.

This integration is supported in both cloud and self-managed accounts, providing you the convenience of cloud and on-premise servers with the necessary security in place.

Configure Azure DevOps for cloud account

To integrate an Azure DevOps account with Zoho Sprints:
  1. Click the gear icon at the top-right. The settings window will appear.
  2. Click Others under Marketplace section. The listing page will appear.
  3. Click Configure under Azure DevOps.
  4. Check the Terms and Conditions box.

  5. Click Authorize button. You will be redirected to your Azure DevOps account.
  6. Enter your credentials and view the scopes the application has access to.
  7. Projects in AzureDevOps will be listed under My Azure DevOps Projects . The projects mapped with the projects in Zoho Sprints will be listed under Team Azure DevOps Projects.
  8. Choose the organization of the projects you'd like to associate with.
  9. Hover and click the arrow to map repository with the workspace.
  10. Click Associate Projects and choose the project to be mapped. If you would like to sync work items, click Sync only Bugs.
  11. Click Associate.

Configure Azure DevOps for self-managed account

To integrate an Azure DevOps account with Zoho Sprints:
  1. Click the gear icon at the top-right. The Settings window will appear.
  2. Click Others under Marketplace section. The listing page will appear.
  3. Click Configure under Azure DevOps.
  4. Check the Terms and Conditions box.

  5. Select Self-managed option. You will be required to enter your Azure Devops User name and Access Token to authorize the integration.

    To generate access token:
  6. Enter your credentials and login Azure DevOps account.

  7. Navigate to the Security in the top-right corner.
  8. Select Personal Access Tokens.
  9. Click New Token to create a new personal access token for Zoho Sprints.
  10. Enter Name.
  11. Select Organization as All accessible organizations.
    Note: If you do not select this option for Organization, the authorization will fail.
  12. Select Scopes as Code (Read), Project and Team (Read), and Work Items (Read) for all users and owners and Build (Read) for owners alone.
  13. Copy the Access Token from Azure DevOps and paste in Zoho Sprints.
  14. Click the Authorize button.

Notes
Note: For 2019 version of Azure DevOps, the sync does not support update of comments due to unavailability of API.

Attach commits

To attach commits to an item:
  1. Navigate to the details page of a work item in Zoho Sprints.
  2. Select the Azure DevOps tab.
  3. Click the + Commit button.
  4. Select a mapped project.
  5. Select a repository.
  6. Filter commits by start and end date.
  7. Select the commit.
  8. Click the Attach button. The commit will be attached to the item.

 

Attach pull requests

To attach pull requests to an item:
  1. Navigate to the details page of a work item in Zoho Sprints.
  2. Select the Azure DevOps tab.
  3. Select the Pull Request tab.
  4. Click the + Pull Request button.
  5. Select a mapped project.
  6. Select a repository.
  7. Filter status.
  8. Select the pull request.
  9. Click the Attach button. The pull request will be attached to the item.


Notes
Note:
  1. You can also use these Quick commands to attach commits and pull requests from Azure DevOps.
  2. Work item tagging is supported only through the pull request "Description" field.  

 

 

Format  

Syntax  

Purpose  

#workitem   

#<Project Prefix>- <i/I><Item number>  

Example:    #SP-i30  

Represents the work item ID.  

#comment  

#workitemid #comment <message1> #comment <message2>  

Example:    #SP-I15 #comment Please share the final build by EOD. #comment Fix the existing issues and update the local build.  

Note:  

You can add multiple comments to a single work item.  

Add comment for the work item.  

#status  

#workitemid #status <status_name>  

Example 1:    #SP-i20 #status Done  

Example 2:    #SP-i20 #status To_be_Tested  

Note:  

1. If the status name carries multiple words, separate them with an underscore.  

2. Statuses are not case sensitive.  

Update the status of the work item.  

#priority  

#workitemid #priority <priority_name>  

Example 1:    #SP-i40 #priority Critical  

Example 2: #SP-i42 #priority Should_be  

Note:  

1. If the priority name carries multiple words, separate them with an underscore.  

2. Priorities are not case sensitive.  

Update the priority of the work item.  

#time  

#workitemid #time <hours>h <minutes>m  

Example:    #SP-I52 #time 5h 30m  

Add log hours for the work item.  

    

Note: The email address of the Azure DevOps account should be registered with the Zoho Sprints team only then they can process the commits: #comment, #time, #status, and #priority.

 

Advanced commands

 

Single command for multiple work items

 

Syntax  

#workitemid,#workitemid,#workitemid #comment <message>    

Example  

#SM-I25,#SM-I42,#SM-I98 #comment Issues are resolved and updated in the local build.  

What happens?  

All the three work items are added with the comment.   

 

Multiple commands for single work item

 

Syntax  

#workitemid #comment <message> #priority <priority_name> #time < > h < > m #status <status_name>  

Example  

#SM-I34 #comment List out the requirements #priority High #time 5h 3m #status In_progress  

What happens?  

The work item is added with comment and log hours. It is also updated with status and priority.  

 

Multiple commands for multiple work items

 

Syntax  

#workitemid,#workitemid,#workitemid #comment <message> #priority <priority_name> #time <>h <>m  #status <status_name>  

Example  

#SM-I34, #SM-I45, #SM-I54 #comment List out the requirements #priority High #time 5h 3m #status In_progress  

What happens?  

All the three work items are added with comments, log hours and updated with status and priority.   

 


Notes
Note:
  1. You can attach commits and pull requests to a work item only if the Azure DevOps project is associated with the Zoho Sprints project of that work item.
  2. The user should have permission in Azure DevOps profile to view the details page of a work item in Zoho Sprints.  

 

Syncing work items

All the work items added in the Azure DevOps account will be automatically be added to the Zoho Sprints Backlog. Fields such as Item Type, Status, Priority, Title, Tags and Description will remain the same if it matches with the data in Zoho Sprints.

Fields synced from Azure DevOps


Info
Fields: Title, Description, Item Type
  1. In Azure DevOps once you move the work item to trash, the sync with Zoho Sprints item stops.
  2. The status of the work items depends upon the sprints they are a part of.
  3. All the comments added/edited/deleted from your work items in Azure Devops will reflect in Zoho Sprints.

 

Similarly, when a work item is created in Sprints, the creation screen includes the option to add it to Azure DevOps. This enables you to add items to Azure DevOps from your Sprints account.

Fields synced from Sprints

Info
Fields: Title, Description, and Item Type
  1. Only the repositories with "Sync Only Bugs" enabled will be listed in the Create Item window.
  2. Status of the work items will be mapped to the open and closed status in Azure DevOps.

 

Dissociate projects

  1. Click the gear icon at the top-right. The settings window will appear.
  2. Click Others under Marketplace section. The listing page will appear.
  3. Select Azure DevOps.
  4. View the Project(s) Associated.
  5. Click Remove Project.

Unmap repositories

  1. Click the gear icon at the top-right. The settings window will appear.
  2. Click Others under Marketplace section. The listing page will appear.
  3. Select Azure DevOps.
  4. Click the arrow icon to move the repositories out of the workspace.

Uninstall extension

To uninstall:
  1. Click the gear icon at the top-right. The settings window will appear.
  2. Click All under Marketplace section. The listing page will appear.
  3. Find Azure DevOps for Zoho Sprints.
  4. Click Uninstall. The extension will be uninstalled and configuration will be removed.

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