| title | Create an organization |
|---|---|
| titleSuffix | Azure DevOps |
| description | Learn how to create an organization or project collection with a personal Microsoft account, GitHub account, or work or school account. |
| ms.subservice | azure-devops-organizations |
| ms.assetid | e2eacd25-e6be-4294-b1da-5529195f30d0 |
| ms.topic | how-to |
| ms.author | chcomley |
| author | chcomley |
| ms.date | 12/03/2025 |
| monikerRange | <= azure-devops |
[!INCLUDE version-lt-eq-azure-devops]
Use an organization to connect groups of related projects and help scale up your enterprise. You can use a personal Microsoft account, GitHub account, or a work or school account. Using your work or school account automatically connects your organization to your Microsoft Entra ID.
Note
All organizations must be manually created via the web portal. Automated creation of organizations is not supported. However, we do support automated organization configuration, project creation, and resource provisioning via the REST API.
| Category | Requirements |
|---|---|
| Authentication | Determine whether you want to use only Microsoft accounts or authenticate users with Microsoft Entra ID. For more information, see Choosing your organization administrator account type. |
| Planning | Understand how to plan your organizational structure. |
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Sign in to Azure DevOps.
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Select New organization.
:::image type="content" source="../../media/select-new-organization.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows New organization button for selection.":::
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Enter the name for your organization, select its hosting geography, select an Azure subscription for billing, and then select Continue.
[!INCLUDE organization-name-limitation]
:::image type="content" source="media/select-subscription-create-organization.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows creating organization popup with dropdown menu for selecting Azure subscription.":::
:::image type="content" source="../../media/taking-you-to-your-azure-devops-organization.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows temporary screen taking you to your organization notification.":::
Congratulations, you're an organization owner!
Sign in to your organization at any time,
https://dev.azure.com/{YourOrganization}.
Your new organization includes the following free tier benefits:
[!INCLUDE free-tier]
If you exceed these free tier limits, your linked Azure subscription gets billed for additional usage. For more information, see What happens when free tier limits are reached?.
[!div class="nextstepaction"] Create a project