Azure DevOps Integration

1. Log in to Collaborator as administrator. (To integrate with Azure DevOps Server repositories, you need administrator privileges in Collaborator).

2. On the Collaborator main toolbar, click ADMIN, and then select Repository Hosting Services from the tree on the left. Then switch to the Easy Add Repository tab.

3. On the tab, select Azure DevOps Git in the Add repository for box and click Next:

   

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4. Collaborator will displays a page with connection details.

   

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   Specify settings in the the following sections of the wizard:

   Connection settings

   Setting	Description
   Host name	Optional. Specifies the host name where your Azure DevOps Server resides. For example dev.azure.com, myorg.visualstudio.com, or URI of your on-premise server. If host name is omitted, dev.azure.com will be used.
   Organization name (Collection)	Specifies the name of your organization account. Required for dev.azure.com and on-premise hosts.
   Username	Required. Specifies the account name to use for authentication.
   Personal access token	Required. The personal access token for a Azure DevOps Server account that has access to your remote repository. This is the token that we generated in Azure DevOps Server earlier.

   After specifying connection settings, you can click Load repositories to retrieve a list of repositories available for the specified user or organization.

   Select repositories

   Select repositories

   Optional. Displays a list of repositories available for the specified user or organization. Select which repositories you need to track. Use Ctrl+click or Shift+click for multi-selection. If any of the repositories were chosen, the wizard will display the Create for selected button below the settings section. If none of the repositories were chosen, the wizard will display the Create for all button below the settings section.

   Override existing configurations

   Optional. Specifies whether to override existing configurations that track the same repository URI.

   Branches

   Branches to track	Optional. The names of branches to track changes and create reviews on pull requests and direct pushes. Separate multiple branch names with commas. You can use Java-style regular expressions to match specific branch names, or you can use the * wildcard (alone, or separated by commas) to match all branches. Note that wildcards and regular expressions cannot be used if you enable the Status check required setting (see below). If this edit box is empty, the branch main will be tracked.
   Ignore pushes for branches	Optional. Specifies branches for which Collaborator will not create reviews on direct pushes. You can enter one or several branch names. Separate multiple branch names with commas. You can also use Java-style regular expressions to match specific branch names, or you can use the * wildcard (alone, or separated by commas) to match all branches.
   Use full branch names	Specifies whether to display full or shortened names for branches in the Review Screen. For example, release/release-13-8 or origin/develop instead of release-13-8 or develop. This setting affects newly created reviews, for existing reviews branch names remain unchanged.
   Status check required	Specifies if Collaborator should enforce status checks for the tracked branches before merging pull requests. If this option is enabled, you cannot use regular expressions in the Branches to track setting, since this option requires exact name match.

   Pull request actions

   Create review automatically	If enabled, reviews for pull request are created automatically. If disabled, user can add pull request to a review manually only by special command directly from pull request.
   When review completed	Optional. Specifies an action to perform when a review corresponding to the pull request was accomplished: Do nothing: Do not perform any action. Merge pull request: Merge pull request that corresponds to a review. Merge pull request and delete its branch: Merge pull request that corresponds to a review and then delete the respective branch. Squash and merge pull request: Squash and merge pull request that corresponds to a review. Squash and merge pull request and delete its branch: Squash and merge pull request that corresponds to a review and then delete the respective branch. Rebase and fast-forward pull request: Rebase and fast-forward pull request that corresponds to a review. Rebase and fast-forward pull request and delete its branch: Rebase and fast-forward pull request that corresponds to a review and then delete the respective branch. Semi-linear merge pull request: Semi-linear merge pull request that corresponds to a review. Semi-linear merge pull request and delete its branch: Semi-linear merge pull request that corresponds to a review and then delete the respective branch. To learn more about pull request merge strategies, see Azure DevOps documentation.
   Allow users to select merge strategy in review	If enabled, regular users would be able to choose pull request merge strategies in each separate review. If disabled, all pull requests would behave as specified by the When review completed setting.
   Wait for signature (if enabled) before merge	Optional. Effective, if any of merge actions (merge, squash and merge, rebase) was selected in When review completed setting. If enabled Collaborator will wait for the completed review to be signed off before merging the respective pull request. Otherwise, pull request will be merged immediately, even if the review have not been signed yet.
   Allow to complete review with conflicts in pull request	Should it be possible to complete a review if there are conflicts in the respective pull request.
   When review cancelled/deleted/rejected	Optional. Specifies an action to perform when a review corresponding to a pull request was cancelled, deleted or rejected: Do nothing: Do not perform any action. Abandon pull request: Abandon pull request that corresponds to a review. Abandon pull request and delete its branch: Abandon pull request that corresponds to a review and then delete the respective branch.
   Auto assign reviewers	Whether to assign Collaborator reviewers when some specific users were added as pull request reviewers on the Azure DevOps side and integration can match those Azure DevOps users with Collaborator users.
   Reopen a review when	Optional. Specifies in what cases Collaborator should reopen completed reviews. May include any combination of the following: when a push to a pull request is made, when a comment is added to a pull request.

   Review settings

   Default review template

   Optional. Specifies the initial template that will be chosen when creating review (if set to "None", the first template in the list will be chosen). The value of this setting overrides the value of Default review template setting specified on group level.

5. Click the Create for selected button or the Create for all button to create repository integrations and automatically create webhooks for each repository in Azure DevOps. To stop suggesting integrations for some specific repositories, select these repositories in the list and click Ignore selected.

   For every repository a separate configuration will be created in Collaborator and a webhook will be automatically added in Azure DevOps.

1. Log in to Collaborator as an administrator. (To configure integration settings, you need administrator privileges in Collaborator).

2. On the Collaborator main toolbar, click ADMIN, and then select Repository Hosting Services from the tree on the left. Then switch to the Configure Remote Systems tab.

3. In the New Remote System Configuration section, select Azure DevOps Git and click Create:

   

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4. Collaborator will display a page with configuration settings. Specify settings in the following sections:

   Azure Git settings settings

   Setting	Description
   Title	Required. The configuration name as it will be displayed in Collaborator user interface.
   Azure DevOps repository URI	Required. The URI of the Azure DevOps repository to be tracked, for example, https://dev.azure.com/myorg/myproject/_git/myrepo or https://myorg.visualstudio.com/myproject/_git/myrepo. You can copy the URI from the repository page in Azure DevOps Server:
   Username	Required. Specifies the account name to use for authentication.
   Personal access token	Required. The personal access token for a Azure DevOps Server account that has access to your remote repository. This is the token that we generated in Azure DevOps Server earlier.
   Webhook status	Indicates the current status of the webhook: Webhook is absent: The webhook has not been created yet. Webhook isn't active: The webhook has been created, but is inactive. Up and running: The webhook is active. To create or activate a webhook, click Update webhook. Important: Click this button, when you set up integration with your repository for the first time.

   Branches

   Branches to track	Optional. The names of branches to track changes and create reviews on pull requests and direct pushes. Separate multiple branch names with commas. You can use Java-style regular expressions to match specific branch names, or you can use the * wildcard (alone, or separated by commas) to match all branches. Note that wildcards and regular expressions cannot be used if you enable the Status check required setting (see below). If this edit box is empty, the branch main will be tracked.
   Ignore pushes for branches	Optional. Specifies branches for which Collaborator will not create reviews on direct pushes. You can enter one or several branch names. Separate multiple branch names with commas. You can also use Java-style regular expressions to match specific branch names, or you can use the * wildcard (alone, or separated by commas) to match all branches.
   Use full branch names	Specifies whether to display full or shortened names for branches in the Review Screen. For example, release/release-13-8 or origin/develop instead of release-13-8 or develop. This setting affects newly created reviews, for existing reviews branch names remain unchanged.
   Status check required	Specifies if Collaborator should enforce status checks for the tracked branches before merging pull requests. If this option is enabled, you cannot use regular expressions in the Branches to track setting, since this option requires exact name match.

   Pull request actions

   Create review automatically	If enabled, reviews for pull request are created automatically. If disabled, user can add pull request to a review manually only by special command directly from pull request.
   When review completed	Optional. Specifies an action to perform when a review corresponding to the pull request was accomplished: Do nothing: Do not perform any action. Merge pull request: Merge pull request that corresponds to a review. Merge pull request and delete its branch: Merge pull request that corresponds to a review and then delete the respective branch. Squash and merge pull request: Squash and merge pull request that corresponds to a review. Squash and merge pull request and delete its branch: Squash and merge pull request that corresponds to a review and then delete the respective branch. Rebase and fast-forward pull request: Rebase and fast-forward pull request that corresponds to a review. Rebase and fast-forward pull request and delete its branch: Rebase and fast-forward pull request that corresponds to a review and then delete the respective branch. Semi-linear merge pull request: Semi-linear merge pull request that corresponds to a review. Semi-linear merge pull request and delete its branch: Semi-linear merge pull request that corresponds to a review and then delete the respective branch. To learn more about pull request merge strategies, see Azure DevOps documentation.
   Allow users to select merge strategy in review	If enabled, regular users would be able to choose pull request merge strategies in each separate review. If disabled, all pull requests would behave as specified by the When review completed setting.
   Wait for signature (if enabled) before merge	Optional. Effective, if any of merge actions (merge, squash and merge, rebase) was selected in When review completed setting. If enabled Collaborator will wait for the completed review to be signed off before merging the respective pull request. Otherwise, pull request will be merged immediately, even if the review have not been signed yet.
   Allow to complete review with conflicts in pull request	Should it be possible to complete a review if there are conflicts in the respective pull request.
   When review cancelled/deleted/rejected	Optional. Specifies an action to perform when a review corresponding to a pull request was cancelled, deleted or rejected: Do nothing: Do not perform any action. Abandon pull request: Abandon pull request that corresponds to a review. Abandon pull request and delete its branch: Abandon pull request that corresponds to a review and then delete the respective branch.
   Auto assign reviewers	Whether to assign Collaborator reviewers when some specific users were added as pull request reviewers on the Azure DevOps side and integration can match those Azure DevOps users with Collaborator users.
   Reopen a review when	Optional. Specifies in what cases Collaborator should reopen completed reviews. May include any combination of the following: when a push to a pull request is made, when a comment is added to a pull request.

   Review settings

   Default review template

   Optional. Specifies the initial template that will be chosen when creating review (if set to "None", the first template in the list will be chosen). The value of this setting overrides the value of Default review template setting specified on group level.

5. Click Test Connection to verify if you entered data correctly.

   Click Save to store the settings.

   Click on Update Webhook button to add webhook for the repository on the remote system's side.

Sections above describe how to add integrations for existing repositories. When some new repositories are created on a server, you may integrate them manually. Alternatively, you can setup Azure DevOps auto-polling configuration that will periodically look for new repositories on the specified server, user or project and suggest creating integrations for them.

1. Log in to Collaborator as administrator. (To integrate with Azure DevOps repositories, you need administrator privileges in Collaborator).

2. On the Collaborator main toolbar, click ADMIN, and then select Repository Hosting Services from the tree on the left. Then switch to the Repository Auto-Polling tab.

3. On the tab, select Azure DevOps in the Add configuration box and click Next.

4. Collaborator will displays a page with connection details.

   

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   Fill in the edit boxes:

   Setting	Description
   Username	Required. Specifies the account name to use for authentication.
   Server URI	Required. The URI of Azure DevOps server, user or project to be polled for new repositories.
   Token	Required. The personal access token for a Azure DevOps Server account. This is the token that we generated in Azure DevOps Server earlier.

   After specifying these values, you can click Test connection to verify if you entered data correctly.

5. After you specified the values, click Save. This will create an auto-polling configuration and display it in the Auto-Polling Configurations List.
6. Scroll down the Repository Auto-Polling tab and check that the Enable Auto-Polling setting is on and optionally change the Auto-Polling Interval setting.

Now Collaborator will automatically check if any new repositories were found on the specified server. Once found, it will notify administrators and suggest creating integrations with these newly created repositories via the Easy Add Repository wizard.