def azure_create_branch(self, from_ref, branch_name):
        authorization = str(base64.b64encode(bytes(':' + self.azure_api_token, 'ascii')), 'ascii')

        url = f"{self.azure_base_url}/_apis/git/repositories/{self.azure_repo_id}/refs?api-version=6.0"

        headers = {
            'Authorization': 'Basic ' + authorization
        }

        body = [
            {
                'name': f"refs/heads/{branch_name}",
                'oldObjectId': '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
                'newObjectId': from_ref
            }
        ]

        if globals.debug > 0:
            print("DEBUG: perform API Call to ADO: " + url + " : " + json.dumps(body, indent=4, sort_keys=True) + "\n")
        r = requests.post(url, json=body, headers=headers)

        if r.status_code == 200:
            if globals.debug > 0:
                print(f"DEBUG: Success creating branch")
                print(r.text)
            return True
        else:
            print(f"BD-Scan-Action: ERROR: Failure creating branch: Error {r.status_code}")
            print(r.text)
            return False