Integrating GitHub with Azure Boards

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Integrating GitHub with Azure Boards

Your company, Globomantics, wants to use Azure Boards to track work completed in GitHub. You’ve been tasked with setting up an Azure DevOps organization and linking Azure Boards to a GitHub repository

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

Sep 07, 2025

Duration

1h 0m

Challenge

Create a New Azure DevOps Organization
- Log in to the Azure portal.
- Enable Third-party application access via OAuth in the Azure DevOps organization settings.
- GitHub signup page
Challenge

Generate a Project and Connect GitHub Repository
- Use the Azure DevOps demo generator to generate a project.
- Fork SmartHotel360 repository to your GitHub account.
- Connect your GitHub account to Azure DevOps.
Challenge

Close an Azure Board Item from Github
- Make a commit on GitHub and specify the Azure board item number using this format: AB#ITEMNUMBER
Challenge

Create a GitHub Issue and Link to Azure Boards
- Enable GitHub issues by turning on issues under Settings in GitHub.
- Create a GitHub issue and link an Azure Board item to it.
- Close both the Azure Board item and GitHub issue via single commit.
Challenge

Create a New GitHub Branch from Azure Boards
- Turn on New Boards Hubs under Preview features in Azure DevOps
- Create a new GitHub branch from an Azure Board item.
- Make a change and merge the branch to the master branch.

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