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title View permissions for yourself or others
titleSuffix Azure DevOps
description How you can view the permissions assigned to you or your team members, including project-level, collection-level, and object-level permissions.
ms.assetid
ms.subservice azure-devops-security
ai-usage ai-assisted
ms.topic quickstart
ms.author chcomley
author chcomley
monikerRange <= azure-devops
ms.date 10/17/2024

View permissions for yourself or others

[!INCLUDE version-lt-eq-azure-devops]

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

Category Requirements
Project access Project member.
Permissions Member of the Project Valid Users group or Project Collection Valid Users group.

View project-level permissions

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

::: moniker range="azure-devops"

Note

To get the new user interface for the Project Permissions Settings Page, enable the preview feature.

Preview page

  1. Sign in to your project (https://dev.azure.com/{Your_Organization/Your_Project}).

  2. Select Project settings > Permissions.

    :::image type="content" source="../settings/media/shared/open-project-settings-permissions-preview.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows Project settings and Permissions buttons.":::

  3. Select Users. To filter the list, enter a name into the Search users box.

    :::image type="content" source="media/view-permissions/search-user-name-s154.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows finding a user, preview page.":::

    If your project administration is done using groups, Expand search after you begin to enter the user name.

  4. Choose the user you want. The project-level permissions for that user display. These permissions are based on the groups the user belongs to or the permissions set specifically for the user's account.

    :::image type="content" source="media/view-permissions/user-permissions-s154.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows Permissions set for a user.":::

  5. Select Member of to see which security groups and teams that the user belongs to.

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

    :::image type="content" source="media/view-permissions/member-of-view-s154.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows Permissions, Member of tab.":::

Current page

  1. Sign in to your project (https://dev.azure.com/{Your_Organization/Your_Project}).

  2. Select Project settings > Security.

    :::image type="content" source="media/view-permissions/open-security-project-level-vert.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows the Project settings and Security buttons.":::

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

    :::image type="content" source="media/view-permissions/search-user-name-vert-nav.png" alt-text="Screenshot of find a user or group name, current page.":::

  4. 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.

    :::image type="content" source="media/view-permissions/project-level-user-permissions-vsts.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows Project Administrators Group, Members tab.":::

  5. 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.

    :::image type="content" source="media/view-permissions/project-level-member-of-permissions-vsts.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows Security tab, User name, Members tab.":::

::: moniker-end

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

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

    :::image type="content" source="media/view-permissions/open-project-level-security-horz.png" alt-text="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.

    :::image type="content" source="media/view-permissions/search-user-name.png" alt-text="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.

    :::image type="content" source="media/view-permissions/project-level-user-permissions-tfs.png" alt-text="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.

    :::image type="content" source="media/view-permissions/view-permissions-member-of.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows Web portal, Security tab, User name, Members of.":::

For more information, see Permissions and groups reference.

::: moniker-end

Tip

If there's an asterisk (*) next to a 'Deny' permission, it indicates that the denial applies to all child objects or resources under the specified scope. This means that if a user is denied a permission at a higher level, they're also denied that permission for all related resources, regardless of any other permissions that might be granted at lower levels.

For example, if a user has 'Deny' permission for 'View project' with an asterisk (*) at the project level, they can't view any of the repositories, boards, or pipelines within that project, even if they are granted 'Allow' permissions at those lower levels.

View organization or collection-level permissions

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

::: moniker range="azure-devops"

  1. Sign in to your organization (https://dev.azure.com/{yourorganization}).

  2. Select Organization settings.

    :::image type="content" source="../../media/settings/open-admin-settings-vert.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows Organization settings button.":::

  3. Select Permissions > Project Collection Administrators > Members.

    :::image type="content" source="media/view-permissions/project-collection-admin-users-s154.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows Members tab in Permissions for Project Collection Administrators group.":::

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

::: moniker-end

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

  1. Sign in to your organization (https://dev.azure.com/{Your_Organization}).

  2. Select Admin settings.

    :::image type="content" source="../../media/settings/open-admin-settings-vert.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows the Admin settings button.":::

  3. Select Security > Project Collection Administrators > Members.

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

::: moniker-end

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:

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Next steps

[!div class="nextstepaction"] Look up a member of the Project Administrators group

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