I think its possible that the confusion has arisen from Microsoft's misnamed Azure Devops. Instead of understanding the fundamentals they link their perception

I think its possible that the confusion has arisen from Microsoft's misnamed Azure Devops. Instead of understanding the fundamentals they link their perception to the product. They say they are using devops but actually referring to ADO. Extremely frustrating at times. I personally know of one case where a company uses Azure devops and only utilises the agile boards.