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Process templates overview

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

When you create a project, you choose a process or process template based on the process model for which your organization or collection was created. Before you choose a process for your project, you should understand the following terms.

Term Description
Process model Refers to the model used to support projects created for an organization or project collection. Only one process model is supported for a project at a time.
Process Defines the building blocks of the work item tracking system and supports the Inheritance process model for Azure Boards. This model supports customization of projects through a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) user interface.
Process template Defines the building blocks of the work item tracking system and other subsystems you access through Azure DevOps. Process templates are only used with the Hosted XML and On-premises XML process models. You can customize projects by modifying and importing process template XML definition files.

Process template customization is only supported for the Hosted XML and On-premises XML process models.

For more information, see About processes and process templates.

For on-premises deployments and Azure DevOps Services, you can upload/download process templates.

If you use the Hosted XML process model, you can import/export a process.

For details on creating a project using the process of your choice, see Create a project.