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Add and manage information banners in Azure Devops

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

Use information banners to quickly and effectively communicate with your Azure DevOps users. Alert users to upcoming changes or events without sending mass emails.

Specify one of three types of banners: error, information, or warning. Only the last added or updated banner is displayed at a time. Banners remain in effect until their expiration date.

The following image shows an information message. Users can cancel the message by selecting Close .

Information banner

We limit banners to 30 words prioritize by level. So, if you post a warning message and an info message, the info message only shows after the user closes or you delete the warning message.

Prerequisites

Manage banners using the Banner Settings extension

The Banner Settings extension provides a settings pane under Organization settings to add and manage sitewide banners. The extension supports the following features:

The Banner Settings extension provides a settings pane under Collection settings to add and manage sitewide banners. The extension supports the following features:

  • Show banners on any page in Azure DevOps
  • Choose between three levels of messages: Info, Warning, and Error
  • Choose an expiration date for a message
  • Include hyperlinks in banners using markdown syntax

Open Organization settings

To add or delete a banner, open Organization settings, scroll down to the Extensions section, and choose Banner.

Organization settings configure resources for all projects respectively for the entire organization. For an overview of all organization settings, see Project collection administrator role and managing collections of projects.

  1. Choose the Azure DevOps logo to open Projects, and then choose Organization settings.

    Screenshot of opening Organization settings.

Open Admin settings

To add or delete a banner, open Admin settings, scroll down to the Extensions section, and choose Banner.

Admin settings configure resources for all projects in a project collection. For an overview of all collection settings, see Project collection administrator role and managing collections of projects.

  1. Choose the Azure DevOps logo to open Collections, and then choose Admin settings.

    Open Admin settings

Add and manage banners

  1. If no banners are defined, select Create a new banner. Otherwise, select Edit more for the banner and go to step 3.

    Create first banner, on-premises

    Create first banner, on-premises

  2. Enter the banner text into the text box. Select Edit more to change the message level and set the expiration date.

    Add test banner message

  3. Save your changes.

  4. (Optional) Delete all banners or select the trash can icon to delete a specific banner.