Streamline Workflows with Azure DevOps Office Integration

Streamlining workflows is a game-changer for teams, and Azure DevOps Office Integration makes it a breeze. By connecting your Office apps with Azure DevOps, you can automate repetitive tasks and free up time for more strategic work.

With Azure DevOps Office Integration, you can link your Office 365 apps to your Azure DevOps projects, allowing seamless collaboration and information sharing between teams. This enables you to create, edit, and assign tasks directly from Office apps, streamlining your workflow.

Azure DevOps Office Integration also provides a centralized hub for all your project information, making it easier to track progress and stay organized. This integration helps reduce errors and miscommunication, ensuring that everyone is on the same page.

Azure DevOps Office Integration is a powerful tool that allows you to integrate crucial parts of your business. You can use Excel to add and bulk modify work items.

Microsoft Project integration is being deprecated, but you can continue to use Microsoft Excel. This means you can still use Excel to manage and track your projects.

The Azure DevOps Open in Excel extension is available in the Marketplace, which allows you to open a selected query in Excel. This can be a huge time-saver when working with large datasets.

To enable the Azure DevOps add-in in Excel, you may need to troubleshoot authentication issues. If you encounter errors like TF31003 and TF30063, check the User account does not have permission article.

If the add-in is disabled, you can easily enable it by going to the Excel File menu, selecting Options, and then choosing Add-ins. From there, you can select Disabled Items and enable the Azure DevOps Add In.

You can also integrate Azure DevOps with Office 365 using the Office 365 Integration extension. This extension pushes notifications of configurable Azure DevOps events to an Office 365 Group.

Here are some of the tools that provide support for monitoring and interacting with Azure DevOps from a third-party application:

With Zapier, you can integrate everything from basic data entry to end-to-end processes, including business-critical workflows.

Excel Integration is a powerful tool for Azure DevOps users. You can connect to your Azure DevOps project from Excel and work with your work items in a spreadsheet.

To start, open your Excel workbook and go to the Results tab. Click on the actions icon to open your query in Excel.

You can use multiple worksheets within an Excel workbook to work with different input or query lists. This is especially useful when you need to work with different sets of data.

To connect from your Office client to an Azure DevOps Services project, you'll need to open Visual Studio and Team Explorer. Make sure to select Tools > Options > Work Items > General > Legacy experience.

Once you're connected, you can right-click the query you want to open and choose Excel. The work items listed in the query will be displayed in Excel.

Here are the steps to connect from your Office client to an Azure DevOps Services project:

Remember, you can only connect to one project per workbook.

Troubleshooting can be a real pain, but don't worry, I've got some tips to help you get back on track.

If you're having trouble with the Azure DevOps add-in, first try verifying if it's disabled. You can do this by going to the Excel File menu and selecting Options, then choosing Add-ins and selecting Disabled Items > Go from the Manage dropdown menu.

If you see Azure DevOps Add In in the list, simply choose it and select Enable to resolve the issue.

If you've worked offline and made changes to your Excel work item list, you'll need to reconnect to Azure Boards to synchronize the document with the work item database.

To reconnect, simply open the document, go to the Team ribbon, and click Refresh in the Work Items group. This will retrieve the latest information from the work item database.

If you've moved your project to a different organization or Azure DevOps Server instance, you'll need to reconfigure the server to which the document connects. For this, see Connect Azure DevOps project to Excel earlier in this article.

You can reconnect your Excel document to Azure Boards at any time to sync your changes.

If you're experiencing issues with your Azure DevOps add-in, one of the first things you should check is the status of the add-in in Excel. The add-in might be disabled, which can cause problems.

To verify if the add-in is disabled, follow these steps: From the Excel File menu, select Options. Choose Add-ins and from the Manage dropdown menu and select Disabled Items > Go.

If you see Azure DevOps Add In in the list, choose it and select Enable. This will re-enable the add-in and may resolve the issue.

If you've recently changed your network password and are now experiencing authentication errors, you might be experiencing a known issue. The token stored in Visual Studio is no longer valid.

This issue occurs because the system doesn't recognize the need to refresh the token. The token expires eventually, but the delay is unpredictable.

You don't need to take any immediate action, but you can try a workaround to manually remove the token.

You might encounter an error message when opening a work item list in Excel, triggered from Team Explorer.

This error is triggered by a specific issue, where you can't cast a COM object of type Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.ApplicationClass. This type of error is often seen in Team Explorer.

The error message will likely be "Can't cast COM object of type Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.ApplicationClass" and will direct you to a solution. The solution is to refer to a specific article, "How to solve 'Unable to cast COM object of type Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.ApplicationClass' to interface type 'Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel._Application.'" for more information.

To resolve this issue, you need to consult the mentioned article for detailed instructions.

You can integrate Azure DevOps with various third-party applications, including Azure Boards, Azure Repos, and Azure Pipelines.

Zapier offers 7,000 integrations, allowing you to connect Azure DevOps with Microsoft Office 365 and automate repetitive tasks.

To get started, you can use Zapier's easy-to-use interface, which requires no coding skills and can be set up in minutes.

Here are some examples of triggers and actions you can use to automate tasks in Azure DevOps:

You can also integrate Microsoft Office tools with Azure DevOps, including Excel, which can be used to add and bulk modify work items.

Zapier makes it easy to integrate different apps and services without needing to write any code.

You can set up integrations in minutes, as Zapier's user-friendly interface makes it a breeze to connect your favorite tools.

No coding skills are required, so even those who aren't tech-savvy can create powerful integrations.

This is especially useful for teams and businesses that need to automate repetitive tasks and streamline their workflows.

Zapier's setup process is designed to be quick and easy, allowing you to get started right away.

With Zapier's 7,000 integrations, you can unify your tools within a connected system to improve your team's efficiency and deepen their impact.

Zapier makes it easy to integrate Azure DevOps with Microsoft Office 365 - no code necessary. See how you can get setup in minutes.

Automating tasks can save you a significant amount of time and effort. For example, you can integrate Excel with Azure DevOps to add and bulk modify work items.

Here are some ways to automate Microsoft Office 365:

These triggers can start a workflow, and Zapier's actions can perform events such as creating a new work item or updating an existing one.