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WorkshopPLUS - Essentials on Azure DevOps Services and GitHub

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Module 2: Projects

Lab 1: Projects
Introduction

In this lab, you will learn to perform operations and activities related to creating projects as well as viewing
and changing settings for those projects. You will also create an organization which is a container for projects
in Azure DevOps Services.

Exercise 1: Manage Organizations

Exercise 2: Manage Projects

Exercise 3: Project Security

Exercise 4: Working with Teams

Exercise 5: Create and Customize Inherited Process

Exercise 6: Project Notifications

Objectives

After completing this lab, you will be able to:

Create new Organizations.

Create new Projects.
Explore the Teams feature.
Create an inherited process template and customize inherited process to create default behaviors when
creating new projects.
Create and manage notifications.

Prerequisites

None

Estimated Time to Complete This Lab

30 minutes

For More Information

Plan your Organization Structure

Create a New Project in Azure DevOps

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Module 2: Projects, Lab 1: Projects, Exercise 1: Manage Organizations

Exercise 1: Manage Organizations

Objectives

After completing this exercise, you will be able to:

Create an organization as a container for your projects

Delete an organization

Prerequisites

None

Scenario

In this exercise, you will learn how to create and delete an organization.

Tasks

1. Task 1: Create Azure DevOps organization

2. Task 2: Delete Azure DevOps organization

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Module 2: Projects, Lab 1: Projects, Exercise 1: Manage Organizations

Task 1: Create an Organization

1. Open your browser and navigate to https://dev.azure.com.

2. Click on Start free to create a new Azure DevOps Services account.

3. When presented the Sign in page, enter your username, then click on the Next button.

4. When presented the Enter password page, enter your password, then click on the Sign in button.

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5. Choose your Country/Region then click Continue.

6. Leave the name of your organization and the region selected for your new organization. Provide your
Captcha phrase to verify creating a new organization, then click on Continue.

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7. When presented the Create a project to get started page, provide temp as the Project name then click
on the + Create project button to continue.

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The temp project that you created uses the Basic process template. In the next steps, we will
create a new organization and new projects using the Agile and Scrum process templates.

8. Click on the Azure DevOps logo at the top-left of the screen.

9. Click on New Organization in the left navigation pane.

10. Uncheck the box to receive information, tips, and offers about Azure DevOps and other Microsoft
products and services. Click on the Continue button.

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11. Name your organization AppInnovation-[YourName], enter the Captcha phrase, then click on the
Continue button.

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12. When presented the Create a project to get started page, provide temp as the Project name then click
on the + Create project button to continue.

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The temp project that you created uses the Basic process template.

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Module 2: Projects, Lab 1: Projects, Exercise 1: Manage Organizations

Task 2: Delete an Organization

1. To delete an organization, click on the Azure DevOps logo found in the top left navigation area.

2. Click on the organization you created earlier.

3. Click on Organization Settings found at the bottom-left of the navigation pane.

4. Click on the General -> Overview section to view general properties of the organization.

5. Scroll down and click on the red Delete button.

6. Attest to the delete action by re-typing the organization name [email protected], then click
on the Delete button.

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7. After deleting the organization you will be routed to the log in page. Click on Start free link to log back
into Azure DevOps Services and see your AppInnovation-[YourName] organization with the temp
project.

Make sure the organization name is unique across all of Azure

Please see Plan your Organizational Structure for more information. Here you will find information
about various designs to address context switching, or roll-up reporting and portfolio management.

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Module 2: Projects, Lab 1: Projects, Exercise 2: Manage Projects

Exercise 2: Manage Projects

Objectives

After completing this exercise, you will be able to:

Create new projects using Scrum and Agile processes.

Understand the differences between the default processes.

Prerequisites

Complete Exercise 1

Scenario

In this exercise, you will create two new projects under the organization you created in the previous exercise.
You will use both the Scrum and Agile processes to create these projects. You will then examine the projects in
detail to understand the differences in the processes.

Tasks

1. Task 1: Create the EmployeeTracking project using Scrum

2. Task 2: Create the CustomerPortal project using Agile
3. Task 3: Open CustomerPortal and EmployeeTracking projects in the Web Portal

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Module 2: Projects, Lab 1: Projects, Exercise 2: Manage Projects

Task 1: Create the EmployeeTracking project using Scrum

1. Click the Azure DevOps logo on the upper left corner, then click on your AppInnovation-[YourName]
organization in the left navigation to show all available projects currently in the organization.

2. Click on the + New Project button in the top right of the page to create a new project

3. Use the information below to create the EmployeeTracking project:

1. Project Name: EmployeeTracking

2. Description: Project to help connect employees with customers.
3. Visibility: Choose Private
4. Advanced:
5. Version Control: Git
6. Work Item Process: Scrum

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4. Click the Create button to create your new project

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Module 2: Projects, Lab 1: Projects, Exercise 2: Manage Projects

Task 2: Create the CustomerPortal project using Agile

1. Click the Azure DevOps logo on the upper left corner to open the Projects page

2. Click on the + New Project button in the top right of the page to create a new project

3. Use the information below to create the CustomerPortal project:

1. Project Name: CustomerPortal

2. Description: Customer portal to connect with employees.
3. Visibility: Choose Private
4. Advanced:
5. Version Control: Git
6. Work Item Process: Agile

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4. Click the Create button to create your new project

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Module 2: Projects, Lab 1: Projects, Exercise 2: Manage Projects

Task 3: Open CustomerPortal and EmployeeTracking projects in the Web Portal

1. Within Azure DevOps Services browser page, make sure you are in the CustomerPortal project. Select
Boards | Work Items.

2. Click on the New Work Item dropdown to see the list of different types of work items. Note the work
item types such as Issue, User Story that are specific to the Agile Process Template.

Next, we will connect to the EmployeeTracking project so we can compare and review the
differences of the Scrum and Agile process templates.

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3. Click the Azure DevOps logo on the upper left corner to open the Projects page. Choose
EmployeeTracking project. Select Boards | Work Items.

4. Click on the New Work Item dropdown to see the list of different types of work items. Note the work
item types such as Impediment, Product Backlog Item that are specific to the Scrum Process Template.

Azure Boards offers various processes to choose from for managing work items. Selecting the
right process is essential for optimizing a project workflow and ensuring its success. The default
processes differ mainly in the work item types they provide for planning and tracking work. The
default processes are:

Basic: Is the most lightweight and is in a selective preview.

Scrum: Is the next most lightweight.
Agile: Supports many Agile method terms.
CMMI: Provides the most support for formal processes and change management.

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Module 2: Projects, Lab 1: Projects, Exercise 3: Project Settings

Exercise 3: Project Security

Objectives

After completing this lab, you will be able to:

Examine and understand project security.

Prerequisites

Complete Exercise 2

Scenario

In this exercise, you will examine the Security settings that can be configured at the Project level. Notifications,
Work Item Areas and Iterations will be discussed in detail in another lab.

Tasks

1. Task 1: Security: Groups

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Module 2: Projects, Lab 1: Projects, Exercise 3: Project Settings

Task 1: Security: Groups

1. Navigate to the EmployeeTracking project in the browser by opening Azure DevOps Services, then
click on the Project Settings link in the bottom left corner.

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2. Click the Permissions link on the Settings page of EmployeeTracking project.

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Permissions settings allow you to manage access control to the project. The preferred way to
manage permissions is to use groups. Groups allow you to consolidate all users who require the
same access control into a single point and you grant access control to the group instead of
individual users. This will make the management of access control easier and less error-prone.

You can grant or deny permission for actions that pertain to projects through
Permissions.
You can add users to the group through the Users tab. Users can be a Microsoft account,
Microsoft Entra account or Azure DevOps group.

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Module 2: Projects, Lab 1: Projects, Exercise 4: Working with Teams

Exercise 4: Working with Teams

Objectives

After completing this lab, you will:

Understand the concept of teams.

Create and configure teams.

Prerequisites

Complete Exercise 2

Scenario

A software project is usually broken down into components and features that smaller teams work on.
Collectively, these small teams constitute the entire project team. Teams are a way of breaking down a big
team into smaller logical teams. Azure DevOps Services turns the often-intangible details of who the team is,
what the team is doing, and when the team expects to be doing it into traceable, easily usable information for
each of those aspects. A team also has a security container, which has access control applied to it and
enforced to all members of the team. A team can also have a default Area assigned to it.

Using the EmployeeTracking project, which was created earlier using Scrum, you will look at the default team
that is created as part of the project. You will also create and configure a new team and review it.

Tasks

1. Task 1: Create a New Team

2. Task 2: Add New Team Members
3. Task 3: Review project settings

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Module 2: Projects, Lab 1: Projects, Exercise 4: Working with Teams

Task 1: Create a New Team

1. Navigate to the EmployeeTracking project in the browser by opening Azure DevOps Services, then
click on the Project Settings link in the bottom left corner.

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2. In the General section, click the Teams link.

3. Click New Team.

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The Create new team window opens. When you create a team, you can assign a security group
to it and create a default area path for that team.

4. In the Create new team windows, create a new team called Database. Create an area path with the
name of the team option should be selected by default. Click Create.

The checkbox for Create an area path with the name of the team creates a default area path for
the team.

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Module 2: Projects, Lab 1: Projects, Exercise 4: Working with Teams

Task 2: Add New Team Members

1. Click the Database team you have created. Note that the team has its own settings. You can also add
new team members here.

2. Click Add.

3. You can type the username in the Add users and/or groups text box directly. Add EmployeeTracking
Team and click Save.

If asked to sign-in again, enter your credentials

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Module 2: Projects, Lab 1: Projects, Exercise 4: Working with Teams

Task 3: Review project settings

1. Navigate through different tabs to review different project settings.

2. Project settings are very similar to security settings. If you click the Project configuration tab under
Boards and then Areas , you will see that there is also an area with the name of the team created.

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Module 2: Projects, Lab 1: Projects, Exercise 5: Create and Customize Inherited Process

Exercise 5: Create and customize inherited process

Objectives

After completing this lab, you will be able to:

Create an inherited process and customize it.

Prerequisites

Complete Exercise 2

Scenario

You will explore how to create a very basic custom process. The objective is to understand how processes can
be customized. The customizations will be kept to a minimum.

Tasks

1. Task 1: Create an Inherited Process

2. Task 2: Open the Inherited Process
3. Task 3: Verify the Customization

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Module 2: Projects, Lab 1: Projects, Exercise 5: Create and Customize Inherited Process

Task 1: Create an inherited process

1. Click the Azure DevOps logo to open Projects. Then click Organization settings on the lower left
corner.

2. Click Process under Boards.

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3. You can create an inherited process from any one of the four system processes: Basic, Agile, Scrum,
CMMI. From the All processes page, click on the … context menu of the Agile and select Create
inherited process to create an inherited process from Agile.

4. Enter MyAgile as the name for your process. You can optionally provide a description. Click Create
process.

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Module 2: Projects, Lab 1: Projects, Exercise 5: Create and Customize Inherited Process

Task 2: Open the inherited process

1. Click MyAgile and click Task from the Work item types tab.

2. Under Layout open the … context menu of Description and click Edit.

3. Change the label to MyLittleDescriptionChange and click Save.

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Module 2: Projects, Lab 1: Projects, Exercise 5: Create and Customize Inherited Process

Task 3: Verify the customization you made

1. Open the All processes page and click the … context menu for the MyAgile process, and then click
New team project.

2. Enter MyAgileProject as the project name, and set the visibility as Private , select Git from the Version
control drop-down, and MyAgile from the Work item process drop-down. Click Create.

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Alternatively, you can also convert existing Agile project to use MyAgile process

3. Click Boards | Work Items

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4. Click Task under New Work Item

5. Verify the change you made.

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6. You can move away from the screen and discard the changes. We don't need to create any work item
right now.

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Module 2: Projects, Lab 1: Projects, Exercise 6: Project Notifications

Exercise 6: Project Notifications

Objectives

After completing this lab, you will be able to:

Create Project Notifications.

Prerequisites

Complete Exercise 2.

Scenario

Project notifications allow you to receive alerts when an event of interest occurs in Azure DevOps Services. For
example, you may want to be notified by email when a new work item is assigned to you. You might also want
to be notified if a build fails so that you can take immediate action to remediate the situation. You can create
an alert, which targets a team or a specific user.

Tasks

1. Task 1: Team Notifications

2. Task 2: Create a Notification

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Module 2: Projects, Lab 1: Projects, Exercise 6: Project Notifications

Task 1: Team Notifications

A team notification is an alert that targets all members of a team when an event occurs in Azure
DevOps Services.

1. Navigate to the EmployeeTracking project in the Web Portal in your browser.

2. At the bottom-left corner of the Web Portal, click Project settings and then click Notifications under
General.

3. You can click different categories to filter the alerts that you, or the team you belong to, have
subscribed to. You can also create a new alert by clicking the New subscription link.

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Module 2: Projects, Lab 1: Projects, Exercise 6: Project Notifications

Task 2: Create a Notification

1. Click the New subscription link on the Notifications page. When you start with a template, default
filters are created for you. Click Work -> A work item is created and click Next.

2. Look at the different fields. You can change the filter criteria and select additional filters. To group the
clauses, select both the checkboxes and then click the Group selected clauses icon in the filter header.

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3. Click Cancel. Close your browser.

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Lab 2: PartsUnlimited Lab Setup

###Introduction

In this lab, you will setup PartsUnlimited project from Azure DevOps Demo Generator and use this project in
some of the later labs.

Exercise 1: Configuring the PartsUnlimited Project

Objectives

After completing this lab, you will have:

PartsUnlimited project created in your Azure DevOps organization using the Demo Generator.

Prerequisites

Exercise 1: Manage Organizations

Estimated Time to Complete This Lab

15 minutes

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Module 2: Projects, Lab 2: PartsUnlimited Lab Setup, Exercise 1: Configuring PartsUnlimited Project

Exercise 1: Configuring the PartsUnlimited Project

Objectives

After completing this exercise, you will have:

PartsUnlimited project created in your Azure DevOps organization using the Azure DevOps Demo
Generator.

Prerequisites

None

Tasks

Generate PartsUnlimited Project

Task 1: Generate PartsUnlimited Project

1. Navigate to your Azure DevOps organization (https://dev.azure.com/AppInnovation-[YourName]) in

the web browser and click on Organization settings in the bottom-left of the page.

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2. Click on Settings under the Pipelines section and under General, turn off Disable creation of classic
build pipelines and Disable creation of classic release pipelines.

3. Click on Policies under the Security section and under Application connection policies, turn on Third-
party application access via OAuth.

4. Azure DevOps Demo Generator helps you create projects on your Azure DevOps Organization with pre-
populated sample content that includes source code, work items, iterations, service endpoints, build
and release definitions based on a template you choose. Open a new tab in the web browser and
navigate to https://demogen-code.azurewebsites.net/ to create a new Team Project in your
organization using one of the templates.

5. Click on Sign in and if asked to enter username/password, enter your credentials and then click on the
Sign in button.
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6. Accept the permission requests for accessing your subscription.

7. Select the AppInnovation-[YourName] organization from the Select Organization drop-down. Use
PartsUnlimited as the New Project Name.

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8. Click on Choose template and select the PartsUnlimited template (not PartsUnlimited-YAML) and
click Select Template.

9. Click on Create Project and wait for the process to complete.

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10. Once complete, navigate to Azure DevOps Services and confirm that you see PartsUnlimited project.

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