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New! VSTS Dashboard integration in Microsoft Teams

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Amit Oberoi
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Aug 17, 2018

VSTS dashboards provides flexibility to configure charts and widgets to view status, monitor progress, share information and improve workflow processes. VSTS dashboards are now available to be configured in Microsoft Teams channels using the VSTS Extension. Once configured these dashboards will be available to all members who have permissions to see the dashboards in VSTS.

 

Adding VSTS dashboard is like adding any other teams tab. Select VSTS from tab gallery and connect to your VSTS organization. Once connected you can select the dashboard you want to bring into Teams and save. This view also allows you add Kanban boards to your channels.

 

 

Once configured dashboard will automatically update whenever you open the dashboard tab in Teams. Top right corner you've an option to refresh manually as well. You can also have a conversation about the embedded dashboard within the dashboard view. Below snapshot shows both dashboard view and conversation in the single view

 

 

 

You can learn all about MS Teams and VSTS integration here. 

Updated Aug 17, 2018
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  • Andreas Olsson's avatar
    Andreas Olsson
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    Sep 20, 2018

    Hey! We have used this integration before, but after the switch from VSTS->DevOps we can not longer add it. The previously added tabs to Kanban-board and Dashboard works, but we can't add longer. 

     

    Step 1 (works):

     

    Step 2: Logging in with my credentials

     

    Step 3: Select organization

     

    Step 4: After selecting my organization we just get the following modal

     

    We have also tried to do this from the browser, https://teams.microsoft.com, and when inspecting the DevTools Console we see a lot of errors. Is this a bug in the extension, or are we doing something wrong?

  • Andreas Olsson's avatar
    Andreas Olsson
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    Sep 21, 2018
    Thank you for getting back so soon! 1. When I select the organization I don't see "orgName.visualstudio.com". What I have is "dev.azure.com/orgName". I can't attach photos/videos in the reply, so I have sent you a private message with screenshots and a screen recording.
  • Thaddee Bourque's avatar
    Thaddee Bourque
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    Sep 21, 2018

    I am experiencing the same issue as being reported by Andreas.  I click Select Organization and a small window pops up where I am redirected to my organization's sign-in page.  Once I provide my credentials, I am prompted to select an organization from a drop down box (see image below).  After selecting one of my organizations within this secondary window, I am returned to the first window (VSTS) but the Select organization button is still showing and the Save button is grayed out (not able to continue).

     

     

     

  • Deleted's avatar
    Deleted
    Sep 25, 2018

    Hi Giridharan,

     

     to add our scenario, we are using VSTS ( DevOps) integration to add tab in Teams application - we are successfully able to see the dashboard items in Teams Web version but with the Microsoft Teams App (App version 1.1.00.24759) we can't see the DevOps dashboard.

     

  • Atin Bansal's avatar
    Atin Bansal
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    Sep 25, 2018

    This issue should be fixed now. If you are still experiencing it, please restart your Teams app. 

    Sorry for the trouble and thanks for helping us fix the problem.

  • Mike Hofer's avatar
    Mike Hofer
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    Nov 06, 2018

    The last response to this thread is from September of 2018, and it states that a fix for the issue I am experiencing would be deployed the next day. I installed the Azure DevOps extension for Microsoft Teams last week (November 2018), and this issue persists. Specifically, I can view Kanban boards, but attempting to view a dashboard results in an empty tab.

     

    Was the fix released? If so, where can I obtain it? If not, is there a projected release date for the fix and how will it be released to the public?

     

    Thank you.

  • ginara's avatar
    ginara
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    Nov 08, 2018

    Mike Hofer, We have fixed the issue at our end. Could you please confirm if you are not seeing the issue ?

  • ginara's avatar
    ginara
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    Sep 21, 2018

    Andreas Olsson, Apologies for the trouble. I tried to setup a new tab in one of my teams and I was able to select an organization and go to this step.

     

    Could you please share the below details?

    1. While selecting the organization, do you see the orgs listed in the format "<orgName>.visualstudio.com" ?

    2. Could you please share the errors that you are seeing in the DevTools console?

     

     

  • Amit Oberoi's avatar
    Amit Oberoi
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    Sep 21, 2018

    Sorry for the issues you are facing. We are looking at this and someone from our team would respond soon. Appreciate your patience! 

  • Manuel Ignacio Borrajo's avatar
    Manuel Ignacio Borrajo
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    Sep 22, 2018

    question: in desktop version, when i open the VSTS extension inside a channel, load the browser web embedded, what is that explorer? if i open teams via Google Chrome works fine, but if i open teams in desktop version not work!