Azure.DevOps.Repos.Branch.BranchPolicyEnforceLinkedWorkItems

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category: Microsoft Azure DevOps Repos severity: Informational online version: https://github.com/cloudyspells/PSRule.Rules.AzureDevOps/blob/main/src/PSRule.Rules.AzureDevOps/en/Azure.DevOps.Repos.Branch.BranchPolicyEnforceLinkedWorkItems.md

Azure.DevOps.Repos.Branch.BranchPolicyEnforceLinkedWorkItems

SYNOPSIS

A policy should be configured to require linked work items for pull requests.

DESCRIPTION

Require linked work items for pull requests to ensure that changes are associated with a work item. This helps to track changes and ensure that changes are associated with a work item and thus documented in some way.

Mininum TokenType: ReadOnly

RECOMMENDATION

Consider enabling the policy to require linked work items for pull requests.

LINKS

• Create a branch policy
• Branch policies
• Azure DevOps Security best practices