@mentions in VSTS/TFS

I find a lot of people don’t know about @mentions. @mentions allows you to bring someone into the conversation around a work item.  All you have to do is type an at symbol “@” into the discussion field.

Once you start typing the user search will appear similar to when you start typing a user name into the assigned To field.

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Once you find the person that you want to bring into the conversation you just mention them in the Discussion field.

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The person you mentioned will receive an email letting them know they were mentioned.

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You can read all about it here.