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View permissions for yourself or others

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TFS 2018

In this article, learn how to view your permissions or the permissions for other users in Azure DevOps. If you don't have permission to access a feature or function, you can request it from the right resource.

You can set and view permissions at the following three levels:

For more information, see Get started with permissions, access, and security groups.

Prerequisites

  • You must have a project to connect to. If you don't have a project yet, create one.
  • You must be a member of the Project Valid Users Group or Project Collection Valid Users Group to view permissions.

View project-level permissions

Do the following steps to view project-level permissions for you or other users.

  1. Open Project settings. Choose the gear icon gear settings icon, and select Security.

    Screenshot shows Open Project Settings, Security, previous nav.

  2. Enter the user name into the Filter users and groups box. The system automatically shows the names that begin with the characters you enter.

    Screenshot shows searching for user name.

  3. Choose the user name you want. The project-level permissions are based on the groups the user belongs to or the permissions set for the user.

    Screenshot shows Project level permissions for a user.

  4. Select Member of to see which security groups the user belongs to.

    In the following example, Jamal Hartnett belongs to several teams and the Project Collection Administrators group.

    Screenshot shows Web portal, Security tab, User name, Members of.

For more information, see Permissions and groups reference.

View organization or collection-level permissions

Do the following steps to view organization or collection-level permissions for you or other users.

  1. Choose the settings icon and select Collection settings.

    Screenshot shows opening collection settings.

  2. Select Security > Project Collection Administrators > Members.

  3. View the user's permissions and group membership. For more information, see the previous steps in View project-level permissions.

View object-level permissions

Do the following steps to view object-level permissions for you or other users.

  1. Sign in to your organization (https://dev.azure.com/{yourorganization}).
  2. Go to the object and open the Security dialog for the object. For specific instructions, see the following articles:

Area

Task

Wiki & dashboard permissions

Azure Repos, Azure Pipelines/DevOps (code, build, test, release) permissions

Azure Boards & work tracking permissions

Next steps

Look up a member of the Project Administrators group