I am trying to move work items from OnPrem TFS server 2017 to Azure DevOps Services. I use the VSTS Sync Migrator and this tool works like a charm.
My question: Is there any way to map certain fields from OnPrem server to Comments section? I have few list of fields which are not appropriate for Azure DevOps Services fields, but still wanted to have this data available in Azure DevOps.
I see that Comments/discussion section is not a field in Azure DevOps. Any idea?
The comments field is actually there and is "System.History" however that might not be the best place for it.
There is an option to have the tool create a JSON with all of the fields and attach it, or to add a table to the comments section with all of the field values.
Work item migration Documentation
Param: BuildFieldTable
Type: Bool
Description: Add in the original field to value table in a history comment. So if you lost information with the field mapping you are on the save side without data lost.
You will need to experiment with the options to see what suits.