Overview
Azure DevOps Backup by Rewind provides robust, automated backups of your Azure DevOps data, ensuring that your projects, repositories, pipelines, and more are safeguarded against data loss.
Key Features
- Automated Backups: Set up automatic backups that run without manual intervention, ensuring your data is protected consistently.
- Comprehensive Coverage: Back up everything from your code repositories to your build and release pipelines.
- Easy Export: Quickly export all of your data, or individual repositories.
Getting Started
Installation
To install Rewind Backups for Azure DevOps, follow these steps directly within the Rewind app:
- Navigate to Integrations: On the left side navigation bar of your Rewind dashboard, click on "Add new integration."
- Install Azure DevOps: Browse through the list of available integrations, find Azure DevOps, and click "Add New"
- Enable third-party application access via OAuth. Authorize third-party application access to ensure Rewind can interact with your Azure DevOps data.
- Detailed OAuth Configuration Steps:
- Log in to your Azure DevOps account.
- Navigate to Organization settings.
- Under the Security section, select Policies.
- Locate and enable the "Third-party application access via OAuth" option.
- Detailed OAuth Configuration Steps:
- Authorize and Authenticate: You will be directed through the OAuth flow to authorize Rewind to access your Azure DevOps environment. Follow the prompts to complete this process.
Managing Your Backup
Accessing Backed Up Data
- To view items that have been backed up, click on 'View all items' next to the Azure DevOps integration on the home page.
Exports
- If you need to export your data, you can initiate the process by selecting the “Export” within the Azure DevOps vault. You may need to go through a verification process to initiate the export. Additionally, you can export individual repositories by clicking into the repository, selecting the version, and then clicking “export this version”.
Subscription and Billing
- Manage your subscription by clicking the gear icon next to the Azure DevOps integration. Here you can view your subscription details and manage billing options.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What item types does Rewind backup?
Rewind Backups for Azure DevOps provides comprehensive backup and recovery for a wide range of data types including:
- Organizations
- Projects
- Boards
- Work Items
- Git Repositories
- Repository Metadata
- Pull Requests
- Pipelines
- Artifacts (feeds & packages)
How often are backups performed?
Backups are automated and capture new changes every 24 hours, ensuring your data is consistently protected without the need for manual intervention.
What is the retention period for the backups?
Rewind maintains a 365-day data retention policy, offering unlimited cloud storage for backups. This allows extensive access to a full year of backup history.
Can I perform on-demand backups?
Yes, Rewind Backups for Azure DevOps allows you to perform on-demand backups with just one click, giving you flexibility and control over when your data is backed up.
What security measures are in place for backups?
Rewind takes data security seriously and is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant. The data is encrypted both in transit and at rest using TLS 1.2 and AES-256 encryption standards.
Is there support for Single Sign-On (SSO)?
Rewind supports SAML-based identity providers for Single Sign-On (SSO), including services like Okta, OneLogin, Auth0, and more, enhancing the security and ease of access.
Which Azure DevOps user types does Rewind charge for?
Rewind charges for customers on Basic and Basic + Test Plans in Azure DevOps, similar to Azure DevOps’ billing policy. Specifically:
- Basic Users: The first five Basic users are free. This means that Rewind will not charge any fees for the initial five Basic users in your Azure DevOps organization. Beyond the first five users, Rewind charges for each additional Basic user.
- Basic + Test Plans Users: Rewind charges for all users on the Basic + Test Plans without any free user allowance.
- Visual Studio Subscriber: Rewind charges for visual studio subscribers as they have access to Azure DevOps.
- Stakeholders: Rewind does not charge for stakeholders.