look-up-project-collection-administrators.md

title	Look up a project collection administrator
titleSuffix	Azure DevOps
description	Learn how to identify members of the Project Collection Administrators group in Azure DevOps.
ms.subservice	azure-devops-security
ms.custom	security-refresh
ms.author	chcomley
author	chcomley
ms.topic	how-to
monikerRange	<= azure-devops
ms.date	07/12/2024

Look up a project collection administrator

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The Project Collection Administrators group is a pivotal security group within an organization or collection, with members empowered to do the following tasks: ::: moniker range="azure-devops"

• Add users to a collection
• Create and manage projects within an organization or collection
• Define and oversee Inherited processes for a collection
• Install and uninstall extensions
• Modify group memberships, including adding members to the Project Collection Administrators group or other project-level groups
• Manage permissions across all levels ::: moniker-end ::: moniker range="< azure-devops"
• Add users to a collection
• Create and manage projects within an organization or collection
• Create and manage Inherited processes defined for a collection
• Import and export On-premises XML process templates to a collection
• Install and uninstall extensions
• Add members and groups to the Project Collection Administrators group or any other project-level group
• Manage permissions across all levels ::: moniker-end

To add members to the Project Collection Administrators group or change a project collection-level permission see Change project collection-level permissions.

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

Prerequisites

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Show members of the Project Collection Administrators group

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To identify members of the Project Collection Administrators group, do the following steps.

Note

To enable the Organization Permissions Settings Page v2 preview page, see Enable preview features. The preview page provides a group settings page that the current page doesn't.

1. Select the :::image type="icon" source="../../media/icons/project-icon.png" border="false"::: Azure DevOps logo to open your projects, and then select :::image type="icon" source="../../media/icons/gear-icon.png" border="false"::: Organization settings.

   

2. Select Permissions > Project Collection Administrators > Members.

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::: moniker range="< azure-devops"

To identify members, do the following steps.

1. Select the :::image type="icon" source="../../media/icons/project-icon.png" border="false"::: Azure DevOps logo to open Projects, and then select Organization settings.

   

2. Select Security > Project Collection Administrators > Members.

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The display shows a list of users who are part of the Project Collection Administrators group.

Next steps

[!div class="nextstepaction"] Look up a project administrator

Related articles

• Change project collection-level permissions
• Permissions lookup guide
• Default permissions and access
• Get started with permissions, access, and security groups
• Look up the organization owner