Add an artifact or team artifacts

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Select the service of interest to get started adding new artifacts or objects. For example, to add work items, choose Boards or Work. Some artifacts—such as a product backlog, board, portfolio backlogs—are added when you add a team.

Prior to adding an artifact, make sure that you've selected the project and repository that you want to work in.

Prerequisites

Category	Requirement
Project access	Project member.
Permissions	- Member of the Contributors or Project Administrators security group. - To view or modify work items: View work items in this node and Edit work items in this node permissions set to Allow. By default, the Contributors group has this permission set to Allow. For more information, see Set work tracking permissions.
Access levels	To add or modify work items: At least Basic access. Users with Stakeholder access for public projects have full access to backlog and board features, like users with Basic access. For more information, see Stakeholder access quick reference.
Defined iterations	To use the Planning pane: Ensure your team administrator defined iteration (sprint) paths and configure team iterations.

There might be other prerequisites for managing specific items. For more information, see Security groups, service accounts, and permissions reference.

Add work items, queries, or other work tracking artifacts

You can quickly add a query or work item when working from a Boards or Work page.

Choose a Boards page—such as Work Items, Boards, or Backlogs. Then choose the plus icon and select from the menu of options.

To add other work tracking artifacts, see one of the following articles:

• To add a board, backlog, or sprint backlog, first add a team which will be associated with those artifacts
• Add a delivery plan
• Add a managed work item query
• Add work items.

Add a pull request or Git repository

You can quickly add a pull request, Git repository, or work item using the Add menu when working from Code.

Expand the Repos service and choose Files, Commits, or Pull Requests (Git repos) or Files, Changesets, or Shelvesets (TFVC). Then, choose the plus icon and select from the menu of options.

For details on adding a Git repository, see Git repository.

Note that you can only add one TFVC repository per project, but an unlimited number of Git repositories. To learn more about Git artifacts, see one of the following articles:

• Git repository
• Git branch
• Git pull request
• Add work items

Add build and release pipelines

Expand Pipelines and choose Builds or Releases. Then choose the plus icon and select from the menu of options.

For more information about adding other pipeline related artifacts, see the following articles:

• Deployment groups
• Task groups
• Variable groups
• Secure files

Add a team

Agile tools and dashboards are typically associated with teams. You add teams to a project. To learn more about teams, see About teams and Agile tools. To add a team, see Add a team and team members.

View teams already defined

To view the set of defined teams, open Project settings, and choose Overview.

Add a dashboard

Dashboards are associated with a team or a project. Each team can create and configure a number of dashboards. And, any team member can create one or more project dashboards. To learn how, see Add a dashboard.

Add a wiki

If you don't have a wiki yet, you can add one. Once added, you can add and update pages to that wiki.

• Create a wiki
• Add and edit wiki pages
• Publish a Git repository to a wiki

Related articles

• Azure Artifacts
• Exploratory & Manual Testing