What's New?
Previously our migration tool was known as the Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) Migration Tool and it only was able to migrate the Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) or Azure DevOps (ADO) Test Plans data into SpiraTest. With the recent announcement that ADO is being eventually replaced by GitHub Enterprise, we decided it made sense to extend the functionality of the migration tool to cover all work item items, hence it has been renamed the Microsoft Azure DevOps (ADO) Migration Tool:
- Backlog Items
- Iterations
- Test Cases
- Test Plans
- Test Runs
- Defects / Bugs
Migrating from ADO/TFS to SpiraTeam
The migration tool for ADO lets you connect to an instance of Microsoft Azure DevOps (ADO), Azure DevOps Server, Team Foundation Server (TFS), or Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) - which are all basically the same system - and specify which items you would like to migrate. For on-premise installations, you log in with a Windows ActiveDirectory domain, login, and password, for ADO you will typically use a Personal Access Token (PAT) instead:
Once that is done, the import tool will seamlessly migrate over the different artifacts, maintaining the relationships between the items:
Azure DevOps Boards
From the Boards section, the importer will migrate over the following:
- Bugs > Incidents [type = Bug]
- Features > Requirements [type = Feature]
- Stories> Requirements [type = Story]
- Epics> Requirements [type = Epic]
Azure DevOps Test Plans
From the Test Plans section, the importer will migrate over the following:
- Test Suite > Test Set
- Test Case > Test Case
- Test Step > Test Step
- Test Run > Test Run
In addition, the Iterations from the Iteration Path will be migrated over as Releases and Sprints into SpiraTeam, and the Areas from ADO will become a new custom property in SpiraTeam called "Area".
Once the migration is complete, all the data will be seamlessly migrated over to SpiraTeam:
Requirements
The Product Backlog Items (PBIs) from ADO will be migrated over as the appropriate type of requirement in SpiraTeam. We maintain the priority, status, and other fields:
Releases / Iterations
The Iterations from ADO will be migrated over as the appropriate type of release or sprint in SpiraTeam:
Test Cases and Test Sets
The Test Plans from ADO will be migrated over as test cases, test steps, test sets and test runs in SpiraTeam. We maintain important items such as the folder structure, shared test steps and execution history:
Incidents
The Bugs from ADO will be migrated over as the appropriate type of incident in SpiraTeam. We maintain the priority, status and other fields:
Once the migration is complete, you are now ready to use the migrated project in SpiraTeam.
Connecting SpiraTeam and GitHub
Once you have the project migrated from ADO to SpiraTeam, you can now connect the project to GitHub. The following article describes the different integrations available with GitHub, both present (issues and code repositories) and planned (GitHub actions).
With the migration from ADO to SpiraTeam completed and the connection to GitHub established, you now have your enterprise Agile and DevOps toolchain in place.