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Possible Ways To Track Azure DevOps Boards Activities

Leo Dominick 40 Reputation points
2025-07-30T12:19:35.6066667+00:00

Is there a way to track activities in Azure DevOps boards? We're currently doing cleanup on "inactive" boards on a large scale project (600+ boards). Thank you.

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  1. Durga Reshma Malthi 11,595 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2025-07-30T13:49:30.29+00:00

    Hi Leo Dominick

    Manually Identify inactive teams (those not actively using boards or managing work items).and deleting those teams safely.

    If you're working with 600+ teams, consider scripting this via the Azure DevOps REST API or CLI.

    Go to Project Settings -> Teams, select the team, then choose Delete. This removes dashboards, boards, and configurations but work items remain intact - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/organizations/settings/rename-remove-team?view=azure-devops&tabs=preview-page

    Additional References:

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/organizations/accounts/delete-organization-users?view=azure-devops&tabs=browser

    Hope this helps!

    Please Let me know if you have any queries.

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  2. Durga Reshma Malthi 11,595 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2025-07-30T14:55:31.94+00:00

    Hi Leo Dominick

    To list all teams in project:

    GET https://dev.azure.com/{org}/{project}/_apis/teams?api-version=7.1-preview.3

    To determine Area Path:

    GET https://dev.azure.com/{org}/{project}/{team}/_apis/work/teamsettings?api-version=7.1-preview.1

    Using the above area path, you can run the WIQL Query:

    POST https://dev.azure.com/{org}/{project}/_apis/wit/wiql?api-version=7.1-preview.2
Authorization: Basic {PAT}
Content-Type: application/json
{
  "query":
}

    If the result shows

    "workItems": []

    then this team has had no work item activity in the last 90 days -> likely inactive.

    Hope this helps!

    Please Let me know if you have any queries.

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