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Expert guidance for Azure Boards: managing work items, backlogs, queries, and charts; troubleshooting Office integration and query issues; configuring security, limits, and integrations with GitHub, Excel, Slack, Teams.
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This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Boards. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Boards. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g.,
L35-L120), useread_filewith the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g.,[security.md](security.md)), useread_fileon the linked reference file
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This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:
mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.| Category | Lines | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | L35-L43 | Diagnosing and fixing Azure Boards issues with Office integration, backlog nesting/reordering, and common query problems (filters, clauses, results). |
| Best Practices | L44-L50 | Best practices for using Azure Boards for Agile: product management, Kanban, Scrum/sprints, and scaling Agile across teams and projects. |
| Decision Making | L51-L57 | Guidance on choosing Azure Boards processes, tools, and integrations, plus planning cross-team dependencies and migrations to get the right setup for your organization. |
| Limits & Quotas | L58-L63 | Managing Azure Boards limits for test artifacts and work item attachments, including size/quantity constraints and how to restore deleted test-related items. |
| Security | L64-L70 | Managing Azure Boards security: default permissions, configuring query/folder access, and setting access controls and policies for teams and users. |
| Configuration | L71-L83 | Configuring Azure Boards processes, fields, and boards; integrating with GitHub; and using queries, charts, and work item field references for Agile/Scrum/CMMI tracking |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L84-L93 | Connecting Azure Boards to external tools (Excel, GitHub, Copilot, Slack, Teams) and using WIQL, badges, and integrations to sync work items and development artifacts. |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Troubleshoot Azure DevOps Office integration issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/boards/backlogs/office/tfs-office-integration-issues?view=azure-devops |
| Troubleshoot Azure DevOps Office integration issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/boards/backlogs/office/tfs-office-integration-issues?view=azure-devops |
| Troubleshoot Azure DevOps Office integration issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/boards/backlogs/office/tfs-office-integration-issues?view=azure-devops |
| Troubleshoot Azure Boards backlog nesting and reordering | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/boards/backlogs/resolve-backlog-reorder-issues?view=azure-devops |
| Resolve common Azure Boards query issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/boards/queries/query-faqs?view=azure-devops |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Apply Azure Boards agile product management practices | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/boards/best-practices-agile-project-management?view=azure-devops |
| Apply scalable Agile practices in Azure Boards | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/boards/plans/practices-that-scale?view=azure-devops |
| Apply Azure Boards sprint and Scrum best practices | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/boards/sprints/best-practices-scrum?view=azure-devops |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Select migration and integration options for Azure Boards | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/boards/extensions/migrate-integrate?view=azure-devops |
| Choose Azure Boards tools for cross-team visibility | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/boards/plans/visibility-across-teams?view=azure-devops |
| Choose the right Azure Boards process template | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/boards/work-items/guidance/choose-process?view=azure-devops |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Manage and restore deleted Azure Boards test artifacts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/boards/backlogs/delete-test-artifacts?view=azure-devops |
| Manage Azure Boards work item attachments and limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/boards/work-items/manage-attachments?view=azure-devops |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Understand default permissions and access in Azure Boards | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/boards/get-started/permissions-access-boards?view=azure-devops |
| Configure query and folder permissions in Azure Boards | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/boards/queries/set-query-permissions?view=azure-devops |
| Secure Azure Boards with access controls and policies | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/boards/secure-your-azure-boards?view=azure-devops |
npx claudepluginhub microsoftdocs/agent-skills --plugin azure-agent-skillsGuides Azure DevOps development: troubleshooting, best practices, architecture, security, and deployment. Use for org/project structure, work items, analytics, and Managed DevOps Pools.
Maps CMMI processes to GitHub and Azure DevOps features for requirements traceability, quality gates, configuration management, measurement, and platform migration.
Initializes CLAUDE.md with Azure DevOps organization, project, team, area path, and iteration path via interactive prompts. Sets up Claude Code for Azure DevOps MCP server tools.