Azure DevOps Notifications in Slack

When a continuous integration system is operational, it's beneficial to ensure that all stakeholders are promptly informed about the successes and failures of deployments.

We can achieve this by utilizing Azure DevOps to send real-time updates to our team members via Slack notifications.

Slack

1. Create a channel in Slack: Ex. Call it Release Hub
2. Create an new Slack App: Ex Call it DevOps Notifications
3. Once the new Slack App has been created, go to Incoming Webhooks , create a new one, select Release Hub
4. Copy the new generated URL

Azure DevOps

1. Go to your Project Settings
2. Click the + icon, and select Slack
3. Select the Triggers and Filters 4.Copy the Slack WebHook Url (see point 4 above)
4. Test and Finish

Results

When a build was created, Slack users got this message