How to Authenticate Azure DevOps with GitHub Desktop

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If you are working in a company and your Azure DevOps has been set up, you may find difficulty using the GitHub desktop. To authenticate the access to Azure DevOps repository from the GitHub desktop, follow the steps:

Step 1

Login to your Azure DevOps account. Then on the top, you will find the user settings.

Step 2

Select the Personal access token from the user settings menu.

Step 3

Click on the New Token. You will see a new popup window. Provide the information as highlighted in the screenshot.

New Token Creation window

Step 4

Click on Create. You should a success message with a token. Copy that token and save it in some secured place on your computer. You will need this token instead of the password to access the Azure DevOps from your GitHub desktop.

Now when a prompt appears on GitHub, your user name is your company email and the password is the token (that you have created just now. Please save it in a notepad so that you can copy it when needed.)