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Azure DevOps - Assigning work items to a group

In the AssignedTo field inside Azure DevOps you can only select a specific user. This means that you are not able to assign work items to a group(TFS or AD group) out-of-the-box. There is no way to change the existing AssignedTo field but you can add your own extra field:

  • Go to Organization Settings.

  • Click on Process

  • We need to create an inherited process. Click on the … next to one of the built-in processes and choose Create inherited process.

  • Specify a name for the inherited process and click on Create process.

  • Now we can add a new field that allows group identities to be assigned. Choose the work item type where you want to add the extra field e.g. Task

  • Click on New field.

  • On the Add a field screen, specify a name and set the field type to Identity.

  • Go to the options tab and check the Allow assigning to groups checkbox

That’s it! The new process can be applied to an existing project that used the same parent process.

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