How to add user in Azure Devops Project

Question

I have added user in Azure Devops. User is added successfully in an Organization if I check under Users, while adding user I have selected Project as well, user accepted Azure Devops email invite but still getting error.

Error screenshot attached.

When I try to manually add user in Project itself not able to list that user.

Answer 1

Hi Karamjit Singh

Could you please check the following things:

1. Go to Azure DevOps Organization -> Projects -> Check if the project is Public or Private. If it’s Private, the user must be explicitly added to a project security group.
2. Go to your Project -> Project Settings -> Permissions -> Select a group like Project Contributors or Readers. Click Members -> Add -> paste the full email.
3. Go to Organization Settings -> Users -> Click on the user's name → Check the Access Level. It should be Basic (or higher), not Stakeholder.
4. Ask the user to:
   1. Sign out from Azure DevOps entirely.
   2. Re-login via the organization URL (e.g., https://dev.azure.com/yourorgname).
5. If your org has the “Limit user visibility and collaboration to specific projects” setting enabled, make sure the user is added to the correct project group.
6. Go to Organization Settings -> Policies -> Enable the below option.

Hope this helps!

Please Let me know if you have any queries.