title: Move multiple Azure Devops projects into one project (same org)
body: <p>I am in an enterprise that creates many large to small scale applications. Way back when I started using Visual Studio Online/VSTS/now Azure devops I broke all of these apps out into different projects. However, now it seems there is good support for managing multiple apps in one project, and this seems easier from a management standpoint.</p>
  
  <p>From the research I did it seems i can do each service individually:</p>
  
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  <li><strong>Repos</strong>: Select Import Repository from the consolidated project and enter in the URL of the app i want to import <strong>BEWARE</strong></li>
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      <p>Also, the system automatically resets the State and Reason fields to the default initial values for the work item type that you move.</p>
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  <p>and I skimmed over the docs and missed that snippet. oops</p>
  
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  <li><strong>Boards</strong>: Go to query (optionally select query across project) and move all items to the consolidated project (creating the appropriate teams, areas and past sprints to keep history)</li>
  <li><strong>Builds</strong>: Export json from source projects and import to consolidated project</li>
  <li><strong>Releases</strong>: Same as Builds</li>
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  <p>(we do not use test plans or artifacts at the moment)</p>
  
  <p>Doing it this way I probably will loose build and release history, which is probably not a big deal once enough time passes, but I did not find any other good way. </p>
  
  <p>My two questions are:</p>
  
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  <li>Are there better guidelines to move entire projects to one project?</li>
  <li>Will I permanently or temporary loose anything else besides the build and release history that I am not realizing?</li>
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