Azure Boards

Share bug reports instantly to Azure Boards as Azure work items.

BetterBugs integration with Azure Boards

With BetterBugs, you can streamline defect reporting and management by sending bug reports directly to your connected Azure project board.

After capturing an issue and linking your BetterBugs project to Azure, you can create and send Azure Work Items straight from the bug report screen. You can easily access the complete bug report with shared links and details within your Azure project.

How to Integrate BetterBugs Project with Azure Boards: Step-by-Step

Here, we've covered the steps to integrate a single BetterBugs project (within your BetterBugs Workspace) with Azure. You can also integrate the complete BetterBugs Workspace in one go (that includes all the projects within your Workspace) to Azure or any other project tool. Check out the steps for Workspace Integration.

1

Open Workspace Settings > Integrations

Click on BetterBugs Workspace name at the top left side of app screen. Now, click the gear icon to open Workspace Settings > Integrations.

2

Search Azure

In the Integrations tab, search for Azure and click to open the Azure card.

3

Turn off workspace-wide integration

Toggle off the "All Projects" option and hit "Continue". You should see the "Manage per project" option now.

By default, its turned on for workspace level integration. For project-wise integration, you need to disable "All Projects".

4

Select a BetterBugs project to integrate and hit "Connect"

Select a project from the projects name list (that's within your Workspace). From the "Actions" column, hit "Connect" for that project.

5

Authorize BetterBugs.io for Azure

Authorize BetterBugs.io for your Azure Workspace.

IMPORTANT NOTE

If you're on a free plan, Steps 6 and 7 are NOT REQUIRED. You can just SKIP to "How to Create Bug Report on Azure Boards using BetterBugs" section on this page.

FOR PAID PLANS (Teams and Enterprise)

Steps 6 and 7 enables you to explicitly choose between:

• Manual Ticket Creation (Default): This means for sharing a bug report to Azure Boards, you'd need to manually populate fields for your Azure workspace (Organization, Project, Type, and others). Its a FREE FEATURE.

• Automatic Ticket Creation: This means for sharing a bug report to Azure Boards, you can configure BetterBugs to auto-populate fields for your Azure workspace (Organization, Project, Type, and others). Its a PAID FEATURE.

6

Optional: Choose your preferred method for creating tickets: Manually or Automatically

From the "Forward Bug Reports" dropdown, select your preferred method for creating tickets in your project tool:

• Manually: Enables you to create tickets manually. Here, we've selected the manual method to showcase project integration steps.

• Automatically: Enables you to create tickets with automation.

7

Optional: Select "Manually" and Connect

Finally, select "Manually" from the "Forward Bug Reports" dropdown and hit "Connect".

Okay! You're good to go with the Project level integration for Azure boards. Now, you can create detailed reports and share them as Azure boards work items/tickets directly from your browser with a few clicks.

How to Create Bug Report on Azure Boards using BetterBugs

1

Capture the Bug and Add Bug Details

Use the BetterBugs extension to capture the bug and add details for it. You can add the details (Title + Quick Summary + Steps to Reproduce) manually in the description area manually or automatically with the "AI" toggle.

2

Select BetterBugs Workspace and Project Integrated with Azure

From the two dropdowns above the description area, select:

• BetterBugs Workspace

• BetterBugs Project (that you integrated with Azure)

3

Click "+ Send to your PM Tool" Dropdown and Select Azure Work Item

Open "+ Send to your PM Tool" dropdown and select "Azure Work Item".

4

Populate Ticket Details for Azure and Hit "Next"

Populate Azure Fields for the report: Organization, Project, Type, and others and click "Next".

5

Create Session

From the top right, click "Create Session".

There you go!

A new tab with the Azure work item opens up posting the task to the Azure project packed with all the bug details and a link to the complete bug report with developer tools info.

• Use the report link in your Azure work item to access the complete report on BetterBugs.

• You can also access the Azure work item from the BetterBugs report from the "Comments & Activities" tab located below the bug description area.

How to Send Existing BetterBugs Report to Azure Boards

1

Open a Bug Report

Login to BetterBugs and open a project report to share on Azure Boards.

2

Click "+ Send to your PM Tool" Dropdown and Select Azure Work Item

From the top-right of the report screen, open "+ Send to your PM Tool" dropdown and select "Azure Work Item".

3

Populate Ticket Details for Azure Boards and Click "Create Task"

Populate Azure Board Fields for the report: Organization, Project, Type, and others and click "Create Task".

Okay! You're all set. This instantly should create Azure work item with the BetterBugs bug report.

How to Disconnect BetterBugs Project from Azure Boards

1

Open Project Settings

Use the Gear Icon beside the BetterBugs Project Name to open Project Settings.

2

Go to Workspace Settings > Integrations

Navigate to Workspace Settings > Integrations

3

Search Azure

In the Integrations tab, search for Azure and click to open the Azure card.

4

Select BetterBugs project to disconnect and click (⋮) under "Actions"

In the Azure card, select the BetterBugs project (from the Project list) to disconnect. For the project, click vertical dots (⋮) under the Actions column.

5

Disconnect and Confirm Action

To confirm action, click "Disconnect" and "Continue".

This instantly disconnects Azure Boards from the selected BetterBugs project.