Microsoft Azure DevOps Boards move or copy tasks between projects

 Hi all,

Today we will go through the different ways to organize the work items in Microsoft Azure DevOps Boards.

Pre-requisites

User should have appropriate permissions in both the projects.

Moving the work items between projects

• Select the required items from Boards -> Work items
• Select the more options icon (...) from any one of the selected work item
• Choose "Open selected items in Queries" options
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• Queries page navigation will happen
• Select all the items from query results (Ctrl+A)
• Select the more options icon (...) from any one of the selected work item
• Choose "Move to team project" options
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• Move work item dialog opens up
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• Choose appropriate options and click Ok.
• All the items would be listed in moved project queries window.
• Click on "Save items" option.

Copy work items between projects

Export work items

• Select the required work items
• Select the more options icon (...) from any one of the selected work item
• Choose "Open selected items in Queries" options
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• Queries page navigation will happen
• Select all the items from query results (Ctrl+A)
• Export the work items to CSV file
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Import the work items

• Navigate to the required project boards section where the work items has to be created
• Click on "Import work items" option
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• Queries page navigation will happen
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• Choose the exported CSV file and click on "Import" button
• The work items would be listed in queries section
• Click on "Save items"
• Navigate to "Work items" section to view the added work items.

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Microsoft Azure DevOps Server move or copy Project Source Code from one organization to another organization

Hi folks,

Today I will explain the process of moving the projects from one organization to another in Azure DevOps Server which includes the source repository code, history of commits, tags.

Pre-requisites

• Git command line tool
• ssh-keygen tool
• Azure DevOps Project access

Environment Setup

1. Create ssh key on your local PC
2. Same user account on both the organization with required permissions (Admin)
3. On Azure DevOps, to go user profile
4. Add the generated SSH pub key of PC to Azure DevOps

Procedure in terminal/command prompt

1. git clone <old org project repo ssh url>

2. cd <project>

3. git branch -a

    a. git checkout <all branches one by one>

4. git fetch --tags

5. git remote rm origin

6. git remote add orgin <new org project repo ssh url>

7. git push origin --all

8. git push --tags

Hope you are able to move/copy the project source code which includes the history of commits and tags.

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