Great Gadgets for Azure DevOps
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Countdown

Overview

The Countdown widget displays the remaining time until an upcoming event.

You can use it to keep your team aware of important dates, such as a project launch, a milestone, a company celebration, or any other event that matters to your team. By showing the time remaining at a glance, this widget helps teams stay focused, aligned, and motivated as key dates approach.

Countdown widget in Azure DevOps dashboard.png


Configuration

On this tab you can configure the required settings of the widget.

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Setting

Description

Widget title

Choose what to display in the title bar of the widget.

Date

Specify the date and time for the upcoming event.

Don't count weekends

Check this option if you want the widget not to count the weekends (Saturdays and Sundays). This option could be used to determine how many effective workdays remain until a specific milestone.

Top line

The text to be displayed on the line above the remaining time.

Bottom line

The text to be displayed on the line below the remaining time.

Time format

Choose how the remaining time to be displayed by the widget.