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Azure DevOps Projects

The Azure DevOps Projects admin page lets administrators decide which Azure DevOps projects QuartzPilot synchronizes.

By default, QuartzPilot automatically discovers every public Azure DevOps project of the configured organization and pulls in their Product Backlog Items (PBIs) on a 15-minute cycle. Pulling every project is not always desirable — some projects are out of scope, archived, or simply add noise. From this page you can mark a project as Ignored, which pauses its synchronization with QuartzPilot without deleting any of the data already imported.

Automatic discovery is always on

Discovery of new Azure DevOps projects stays fully automatic. As soon as QuartzPilot detects a new AzDO project it has access to, the project is added to this list and starts being synchronized — there is nothing for the administrator to do to onboard it. The role of this page is purely to opt out: once a new project appears, an administrator can decide to ignore it if needed.

Page layout​

The page shows one card per discovered Azure DevOps project. Active (synchronized) projects appear first, ignored projects at the bottom — each group sorted alphabetically.

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Each card displays:

  • The project name (main label).
  • The Azure DevOps project GUID (secondary label).
  • An orange Ignored badge when synchronization is paused.
  • The corresponding action button — Ignore or Restore.

A Filter projects… search field at the top of the page lets you narrow the list by project name or by Azure DevOps GUID (case-insensitive).

Ignoring a project (pausing synchronization)​

To stop QuartzPilot from synchronizing a project:

  1. Find the project in the list.
  2. Click Ignore on its card.
  3. Confirm in the modal.

On confirmation:

  • A success toast appears.
  • The card moves down with an orange Ignored badge.
  • The next 15-minute sync run skips this project entirely — its PBIs, milestones, and tasks are no longer refreshed.

The project record stays in QuartzPilot, and all data previously synchronized (PBIs, history…) remains untouched.

Restoring a project (resuming synchronization)​

To resume synchronization on a previously ignored project:

  1. Find the project at the bottom of the list (or via search).
  2. Click Restore on its card.
  3. Confirm in the modal.

On confirmation:

  • A success toast appears.
  • The card moves back into the active section.
  • The next sync run picks the project up again, pulling any PBIs created or updated while it was ignored. No manual catch-up is required — synchronization simply resumes where it left off.
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Ignore and Restore only control the synchronization. They never delete data. PBIs already imported stay in QuartzPilot while the project is ignored, and they will be updated again as soon as you restore it.

When to ignore a project​

Typical cases:

  • The Azure DevOps project has been archived but still appears in the discovery feed.
  • The project is out of scope for QuartzPilot (sandbox, throwaway, training project…).
  • The project is generating noise in reporting or pickers, and you want to stop the inflow while keeping the historical data.
  • You want to temporarily pause synchronization during a clean-up or a migration.

If you need to fully remove a project and all its data from QuartzPilot, this page is not the right tool — open a ticket with the platform team.