diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/azure.examples.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/azure.examples.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4fd18ef59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/azure.examples.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import yaml from 'yaml';
+import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
+import { createPublishAzureAction } from './azure';
+import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
+import { getVoidLogger } from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import { WebApi } from 'azure-devops-node-api';
+import { PassThrough } from 'stream';
+import { initRepoAndPush } from '../helpers';
+import { examples } from './azure.examples';
+
+jest.mock('azure-devops-node-api', () => ({
+  WebApi: jest.fn(),
+  getPersonalAccessTokenHandler: jest.fn().mockReturnValue(() => {}),
+}));
+
+jest.mock('../helpers', () => {
+  return {
+    initRepoAndPush: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+      commitHash: '220f19cc36b551763d157f1b5e4a4b446165dbd6',
+    }),
+    commitAndPushRepo: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+      commitHash: '220f19cc36b551763d157f1b5e4a4b446165dbd6',
+    }),
+  };
+});
+
+describe('publish:azure examples', () => {
+  const config = new ConfigReader({
+    integrations: {
+      azure: [
+        {
+          host: 'dev.azure.com',
+          credentials: [{ personalAccessToken: 'tokenlols' }],
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  });
+
+  const integrations = ScmIntegrations.fromConfig(config);
+  const action = createPublishAzureAction({ integrations, config });
+  const mockContext = {
+    workspacePath: 'lol',
+    logger: getVoidLogger(),
+    logStream: new PassThrough(),
+    output: jest.fn(),
+    createTemporaryDirectory: jest.fn(),
+  };
+
+  const mockGitClient = {
+    createRepository: jest.fn(),
+  };
+  const mockGitApi = {
+    getGitApi: jest.fn().mockReturnValue(mockGitClient),
+  };
+
+  (WebApi as unknown as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(() => mockGitApi);
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('should call initRepoAndPush with the correct values', async () => {
+    mockGitClient.createRepository.mockResolvedValue({
+      remoteUrl: 'https://dev.azure.com/organization/project/_git/repo',
+      id: '709e891c-dee7-4f91-b963-534713c0737f',
+    });
+
+    await action.handler({
+      ...mockContext,
+      input: yaml.parse(examples[0].example).steps[0].input,
+    });
+
+    expect(initRepoAndPush).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      dir: mockContext.workspacePath,
+      remoteUrl: 'https://dev.azure.com/organization/project/_git/repo',
+      defaultBranch: 'master',
+      auth: { username: 'notempty', password: 'tokenlols' },
+      logger: mockContext.logger,
+      commitMessage: 'initial commit',
+      gitAuthorInfo: {},
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should call initRepoAndPush with a changed default branch', async () => {
+    mockGitClient.createRepository.mockResolvedValue({
+      remoteUrl: 'https://dev.azure.com/organization/project/_git/repo',
+      id: '709e891c-dee7-4f91-b963-534713c0737f',
+    });
+
+    await action.handler({
+      ...mockContext,
+      input: yaml.parse(examples[2].example).steps[0].input,
+    });
+
+    expect(initRepoAndPush).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      dir: mockContext.workspacePath,
+      remoteUrl: 'https://dev.azure.com/organization/project/_git/repo',
+      defaultBranch: 'main',
+      auth: { username: 'notempty', password: 'tokenlols' },
+      logger: mockContext.logger,
+      commitMessage: 'initial commit',
+      gitAuthorInfo: {},
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/azure.examples.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/azure.examples.ts
index 165275878c..48b57c410d 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/azure.examples.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/azure.examples.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ export const examples: TemplateExample[] = [
           action: 'publish:azure',
           name: 'Publish to Azure',
           input: {
-            repoUrl: 'dev.azure.com/organisation/project/_git/repo',
+            repoUrl:
+              'dev.azure.com?organization=organization&owner=project&repo=repo',
           },
         },
       ],
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@ export const examples: TemplateExample[] = [
           action: 'publish:azure',
           name: 'Publish to Azure',
           input: {
-            repoUrl: 'dev.azure.com/organisation/project/_git/repo',
+            repoUrl:
+              'dev.azure.com?organization=organization&owner=project&repo=repo',
             description: 'Initialize a git repository',
           },
         },
@@ -59,7 +61,8 @@ export const examples: TemplateExample[] = [
           action: 'publish:azure',
           name: 'Publish to Azure',
           input: {
-            repoUrl: 'dev.azure.com/organisation/project/_git/repo',
+            repoUrl:
+              'dev.azure.com?organization=organization&owner=project&repo=repo',
             description: 'Initialize a git repository',
             defaultBranch: 'main',
           },