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How to get started with Azure Boards

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Azure DevOps Services | Azure DevOps Server 2022 - Azure DevOps Server 2019 | TFS 2018

Use this guide to sign up and start using Azure Boards. Start with Sign up and invite some teammates.

Then, read Plan and track work to start adding and tracking work items on the Kanban board. To add columns, swimlanes, or fields to your board, see Customize your boards.

Note

This quickstart guide illustrates how to sign up, create a project, and start tracking work using the Basic or Agile processes. If you want more information on working with other processes which offer other work item types, such as user stories and bugs, then see Choose a process. You can create additional projects using different processes.

If you use GitHub and want to track your issues in Azure Boards, see GitHub & Azure Boards.

If you're tasked with managing Azure Boards settings, review Manage your Azure Boards project for other configurations and resources that you may want to make.

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