Hey there, Have you come across any of the below scenarios?

• You created a project template with a lot of common tasks and setup that you want to use for the creation of new projects?
• Do you have a setup of an Azure DevOps Project with a customized Process and other custom project settings within and want to create replicas?
• Are you looking for a possibility to export/import the full project configuration along with the content to create a sandbox/dev environment?

The amount of effort required to set up a complex set of tasks and relationships, and the similarities between one project and its clone would be exactly the same if there was a clone model feature or a customized feature in Azure DevOps.

Canarys Clone Project minimizes the large amount of time and mouse clicks needed to manually create and configure new projects with a lot of different settings within the project like different Teams, different columns, card colors, rules, fields, custom queries, custom dashboards, GIT repos, and pipeline definitions. Setting all of this up manually every time can take hours, days, or longer manually, but with our extension, it would take the least minimal time.

The tool clones the structure/configuration of an existing project to a new project within the same organization. It clones Azure Boards, Azure GIT Repos, Azure Pipelines, and Azure Test Plans.

Features and Exclusions of the tool are as below -

Features:

1. Work Items created (First revision only) along with links, attachments, discussion, and images.
2. GIT Repos.
3. Boards with settings, columns, styles, swimlanes, queries, dashboards, Sprints, Areas, and Teams.
4. Source Project with customized process template, custom security groups, and custom plugins.
5. Groups and Users.
6. Project Description.

Exclusions:

1. Work Item History (Revisions).
2. Build and Release runs, summary.
3. TFVC Repositories.
4. Azure Artifacts.
5. Cloning to another organization.
6. Custom Groups' Permissions are not carried over during the clone.

You need to have Project Collection Administrator access for the creation of the target project within the organization.

The extension is based on the APIs exposed by Microsoft and hence comes with limitations for certain functionalities.

The marketplace version of the tool allows cloning up to 1000 work items and 50 build & release pipelines each. If your requirement exceeds this number, please contact us at vststoolssupport@ecanarys.com.

Share your experience, feature requests, and feedback by emailing us at vststoolssupport@ecanarys.com with the subject line "Canarys Clone Project".