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Create a GitHub app using a Personal Access Token (PAT)

Your company, Globomantics, wants to use Azure DevOps together with GitHub in a safe and secure way. You’ve been asked to connect Azure DevOps Pipelines to a Github repo by using a service connection and a personal access token (PAT). In addition, Globomantics wants you to connect a GitHub App (Azure Pipelines App) to your repository.

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Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 1h 0m
Last updated
Clock icon Sep 01, 2025

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Create a New Azure DevOps Organization

  2. Challenge

    Create a New GitHub Repo and Personal Access Token

    • Create a new repo in your GitHub account.
    • Create a fine-grained personal access token.

  3. Challenge

    Create a Service Connection in Azure DevOps

    • Create a GitHub service connection in Azure DevOps using your personal access token.

  4. Challenge

    Install Azure Pipelines GitHub App

    • In GitHub, install the Azure Pipelines GitHub App
    • Connect the GitHub App to your Azure DevOps environment.
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