Question

Your team uses GitHub for source control and Azure Boards for work tracking. Leadership wants full end-to-end traceability so that anyone viewing a work item can see which pull requests implemented it and whether the associated build succeeded, without leaving Azure Boards. Developers already reference work items in commit messages using AB#123 syntax. What must you configure to satisfy this requirement with the least custom development?

Accepted Answer

Install the Azure Boards app from the GitHub Marketplace and connect the GitHub repository to the Azure Boards project so PRs, commits, and status appear in the Development section of work items.

Answer

Create a GitHub Actions workflow that calls the Azure DevOps REST API on each PR to append a comment to the linked work item with the build result.

Answer

Enable a service hook in Azure DevOps that posts to a GitHub webhook whenever a work item state changes so GitHub stores the traceability link.

Answer

Configure branch policies in Azure Repos requiring linked work items, then mirror the GitHub repository into Azure Repos on a schedule.