Install OKRsignal

Updated July 2026

OKRsignal is one of the widgets in the CXOsignal Azure DevOps (ADO) dashboard extension package available on the ADO Marketplace. You must first install the CXOsignal extension into your ADO Organization before you can use the OKRsignal widget to manage your OKRs. This section walks you through the process of installing the CXOsignal extension into your ADO Organization. Placing OKRsignal on a dashboard and using it to manage your OKRs is described in Using OKRsignal.

Who this guide is for

This guide is for you if you want to install OKRsignal for your Azure DevOps organisation. Installing the CXOsignal extension makes both OKRsignal and CXOrelay widgets available across your entire org. After the 30-day free trial, full OKR edit access then requires an OKRsignal licence and a security group identifying which users have licenses to edit OKRsignal.

Notification emails require the CXOrelay widget to be set up separately. We recommend setting up OKRsignal first, before proceeding to setting up CXOrelay. See [link to CXOrelay Installation Guide — add later].

Installing CXOsignal is a one-time task and only takes 10–15 minutes. It requires Project Collection Administrator or Organization Owner permissions in Azure DevOps.

In this guide

  1. Before you start — confirm permissions, licence, and a plan for CXOrelay
  2. Install the CXOsignal dashboard extensions — install the extension from the Azure DevOps Marketplace
  3. Identify licensed users — create the CXOsignal-OKR-Signal-Users security group and add your OKR Owners
  4. Grant Stakeholder access — give executives and senior leaders read-only access to OKR dashboards