Azure Boards is a service offered by Microsoft Azure DevOps, which is a comprehensive suite of development tools designed to help software development teams plan, track, and discuss work across the entire development lifecycle. Azure Boards specifically focuses on work item tracking, collaboration, and project management.

Key features of Azure Boards include:

1. Work Items: Azure Boards allows you to create and manage work items, which represent tasks, user stories, bugs, features, and other types of work in your development projects. Work items can be organized into backlogs and sprints to plan and prioritize tasks.

2. Backlogs: The backlog is a prioritized list of work items that need to be completed in a project. The product backlog includes user stories and features, while the sprint backlog contains the work items selected for a specific iteration or sprint.

3. Sprints: Sprints are fixed-length iterations during which the development team commits to completing a set of work items. Sprints usually last for 1 to 4 weeks, and at the end of each sprint, the team delivers a potentially shippable product increment.

4. Boards and Dashboards: Azure Boards provides interactive boards where you can visualize and manage work items in different views, such as Kanban boards or task boards. Dashboards offer customizable views with widgets displaying charts, reports, and other important project metrics.

5. Work Item Queries: You can create queries to filter and search for specific work items based on various criteria. Queries allow you to slice and dice work item data to get a better understanding of your project’s status.

6. Collaboration and Integration: Azure Boards supports integration with other Azure DevOps services and external tools, such as version control systems (e.g., Azure Repos/Git), continuous integration (e.g., Azure Pipelines), and testing tools.

7. Reporting and Analytics: Azure Boards provides built-in reports and analytics to help teams measure progress, identify bottlenecks, and monitor project health.

Azure Boards is often used in conjunction with other Azure DevOps services like Azure Repos (source code version control), Azure Pipelines (continuous integration and continuous deployment), and Azure Test Plans (test management). This integration allows teams to have an end-to-end solution for software development and delivery.

Overall, Azure Boards is a powerful tool for Agile project management, enabling teams to plan, track, and deliver software products more effectively and collaboratively.