Azure Boards

What it is

Azure Boards is the work-tracking service in Azure DevOps: backlogs, boards, sprints, and work items (epics, features, user stories, tasks, bugs) that let a team plan and track delivery.

Why it exists

Delivery starts with planning. Boards ties work to code (link a work item to a commit/PR) and to releases, closing the DevOps loop from idea → shipped → feedback.

Key ideas

• Work item types — Epic, Feature, User Story / Product Backlog Item, Task, Bug.
• Process templates — Basic, Agile, Scrum, CMMI (choose the workflow).
• Boards/backlogs/sprints — kanban board, product backlog, iteration (sprint) planning.
• Analytics — queries and dashboards for velocity/throughput.
• GitHub work items can be connected via Azure Boards–GitHub integration.

Exam notes

• Boards = planning; Repos = code; Pipelines = CI/CD; Artifacts = packages.
• Key AZ-400 idea: link work items to code changes for traceability.

Related

github · pull-request · delivery-pipeline

Diagram

Diagrams courtesy of Microsoft Learn / Azure docs: azure/devops/boards/get-started/what-is-azure-boards

📘 Source: Microsoft Learn — Azure Boards