In this article, you will understand step by step how to easily integrate with Azure Boards
Integrating with Azure Boards will streamline the auditing of the change management process and ensure an accurate and complete list of changes will be received for auditing purposes along with the connection to the pull request to document any change related to code.
This integration will only export and track all change request tickets that are relevant to the audit, only the relevant projects' change request tickets will be extracted.
This extraction process is automated by Scytale.
Permissions for Azure Boards Integration
The following scopes must be granted when generating the token. Scytale uses read-only access to automatically collect audit-relevant data:
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Work Items: read -
Release: read -
Graph: read -
Project and Team: read
How to Connect Scytale and Azure Boards
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In Scytale, go to 'Integrations'.
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Search for Azure Boards and select 'Connect'.
- Paste the Personal Access Token you generated in Azure DevOps. Learn how to generate this below.
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Add a connection name – this will be used to differentiate between your connections – and then select 'Next'.
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Click 'Connect'.
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Select the Azure Boards projects that are relevant to your audit.
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Note: This is a mandatory step for completing the connection and collecting evidence.
You have now successfully connected to Azure Boards!
How to Generate a Personal Access Token in Azure DevOps
- Log in to Azure DevOps.
- On the right side, click on the settings icon.
- Go to "Personal access tokens"
- On the left side, click +New Token.
- Name the token.
- Expiration - It should be set to one year at least.
- Under Scopes, enable the following permissions:
- Work Items: read
- Release: read
- Graph: read
- Project and Team: Read
- Then, click "Create"
- Copy the token.
