Agent skill
azure-devops
Expert knowledge for Azure DevOps development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when managing Boards/work items, pipelines, Analytics/OData/Power BI, agent pools, or Azure DevOps Server deployments, and other Azure DevOps related development tasks. Not for Azure Boards (use azure-boards), Azure Pipelines (use azure-pipelines), Azure Repos (use azure-repos), Azure Test Plans (use azure-test-plans).
Install this agent skill to your Project
npx add-skill https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-devops
Metadata
Additional technical details for this skill
- generator
- docs2skills/1.0.0
- generated at
- 2026-04-05
SKILL.md
Azure DevOps Skill
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure DevOps. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
How to Use This Skill
IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g.,
L35-L120), useread_filewith the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g.,[security.md](security.md)), useread_fileon the linked reference file
IMPORTANT for Agent: If
metadata.generated_atis more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. Ifmcp_microsoftdocstools are not available, suggest the user install it: Installation Guide
This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:
- Preferred: Use
mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetchwith query stringfrom=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown. - Fallback: Use
fetch_webpagewith query stringfrom=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.
Category Index
| Category | Lines | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | L37-L54 | Diagnosing and fixing Azure DevOps issues: logs, performance, notifications, connectivity/IP allowlists, permissions, dashboards/Analytics, wikis restore, and server/upgrade problems. |
| Best Practices | L55-L70 | Guidance on optimizing Azure DevOps performance, analytics, and reporting: cost-efficient pools, fast OData queries, Power BI reports, dashboards, and data cleanup/maintenance. |
| Decision Making | L71-L86 | Guidance for high-level Azure DevOps design choices: org/project/team structure, geography, work tracking and wikis, analytics/reporting, agent pools, and Azure DevOps Server topology and upgrades |
| Architecture & Design Patterns | L87-L98 | Architectural guidance for Azure DevOps/Server: pool architecture, reliability/DR, SQL/database dependencies, and design patterns for simple to complex multi-server topologies and analytics modeling. |
| Limits & Quotas | L99-L115 | Limits, quotas, and behaviors for Azure DevOps orgs, projects, naming, access levels, work tracking, dashboards, wikis, pipelines, and Analytics data availability/latency. |
| Security | L116-L175 | Managing Azure DevOps security: identities, auth, permissions, groups, access levels, auditing, project/repo/pipeline rights, server service accounts, SSL, and security reports. |
| Configuration | L176-L257 | Configuring Azure DevOps/Server: Managed DevOps Pools, notifications, Boards/work items, Analytics/OData/Power BI, dashboards, search, backups, networking, email/SMTP, and server admin settings. |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L258-L314 | Integrating Azure DevOps with IDEs, SIEM, and clients, and building Analytics/Power BI reports via OData and connectors for work items, pipelines, tests, and requirements. |
| Deployment | L315-L346 | Installing, configuring, scaling, moving, backing up, restoring, and upgrading Azure DevOps Server/TFS deployments, including SQL, SharePoint, domains, and project collections |
Troubleshooting
Best Practices
Decision Making
Architecture & Design Patterns
Limits & Quotas
Security
Configuration
Integrations & Coding Patterns
Deployment
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