Azure DevOps - set work item auto-id numbering to

Question

If switching from another backlog system to Azure DevOps, is it possible (in some admin settings) to set the start number/offset for auto-numbering of ids?

Say for instance, that we have item id's in our old backlog up to 4000 and want to continue this numbering.

Answer 1

Work item ID

The unique identifier that is assigned to a work item. Work item IDs are unique across all projects and within a project collection.

After a work item is created, you can modify all fields except for the ID. When you add and save a work item, the ID is assigned by the system and cannot be changed.

Sorry this is not able to do this. You could not use work item auto-id numbering to begin from custom offset, it's controlled by system.

You could create another customized field to set your customized IDs or follow jessehouwing's suggestion above.

Answer 2

No not really. You could use the API to create (and destroy) 4000 work items... That would do the trick.