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Customise Work Item Types in Almo for Outlook

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28 May 2026 • 8 min read

Customise Work Item Types in Almo for Outlook

How to customise work item types in Almo Customising work item types in Almo means controlling the list of Azure […]

Almo Discover in three steps: the home screen with the Discover button, the Discover search screen set to a Working Project with a Change link, and a results list showing matching work items with their ID, title, project, assignee, status, and last activity.

28 May 2026 8 min read

Find Work Items from Outlook with Almo Discover Functionality

How to find Azure DevOps work items from Outlook with Almo Discover Almo’s Discover feature lets you find any Azure...

28 May 2026 7 min read

Change Your Working Project in Almo for Outlook

How to change your Working Project in Almo Your Working Project is the Azure DevOps project Almo treats as home, and you can change it in a few seconds from Almo's settings. When you move to a different team or your sprint shifts to another project, you point Almo at the new one and its home screen updates straight away....

Adding a server with a PAT in Almo. The Add New Server dialog has an Organization URL field and a Personal Access Token (PAT) field, with Cancel and Connect buttons.

28 May 2026 12 min read

Connect Almo to Azure DevOps: a complete setup guide

Connect Almo to Azure DevOps: a complete setup guide Almo runs inside Outlook and connects it to your Azure DevOps...

11 May 2026 12 min read

Templates in New Almo

Azure DevOps work item templates in Almo With the inbuilt Templates capability in Azure DevOps, you can apply a chosen set of default field values every time you create a work item, in a single click. Templates are a native Azure DevOps feature, and New Almo works with them directly, so a template you create in Azure DevOps is available...

23 Apr 2026 2 min read

Approving Almo in Entra – A guide for IT Admins

Introduction Almo is a Microsoft AppSource Outlook add-in. Before users in your organisation can sign in, an IT Administrator needs...

23 Apr 2026 2 min read

Requesting access to Almo

Thank you for your interest in Almo! We are so excited to have you onboard 🤩 When you sign in to Almo for the first time, Microsoft may show an "Approval required" screen. This is a standard Microsoft security requirement that applies to any add-in requesting organisation-level permissions in Microsoft Entra (formerly Azure Active Directory). Your IT administrator needs to...

31 Jul 2023 6 min read

Azure DevOps Service vs. GitHub: Making the Right Choice for Your Development Projects

In today’s fast-paced software development landscape, having the right set of tools can make all the difference in delivering high-quality...

12 Jul 2023 4 min read

Efficient Work Item Management with Azure DevOps: A Comprehensive Guide

Effective work item management is crucial for any software development project. Azure DevOps Service, a powerful suite of tools provided by Microsoft, offers a robust solution for managing work items throughout the development lifecycle. In this blog post, we will explore the key features of Azure DevOps and provide practical tips for optimizing work item management. From creating and tracking...

30 May 2023 4 min read

Troubleshoot: Error Message When Launching Almo

Almo’s Background Server Almo’s CPU and memory-intensive tasks are run by an out-of-process server process that communicates via Almo’s Outlook...

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Integrate Azure DevOps Service and Microsoft Outlook

Almo accelerates productivity by bringing work item creation and modification experience within Microsoft Outlook. Now create a new work item, link it to an existing Outlook email and fetch its latest state from Azure DevOps Service with our single-click Microsoft addin.