Add users or groups to a team or project

1. Select Boards > Boards > Show team profile (people icon) > Team Settings:

   

   If you need to switch the team context, use the Team selector in the breadcrumb trail for the current page:

   

2. In the Project Settings for the Team, review the team membership in the Members section.

   You can change how the list shows the team members:

   • Direct Members: Show users and groups who are team members. Groups aren't expanded to show the individual users within the groups.
   • Expanded Members: Show users who are team members. For groups, expand any Azure DevOps groups to show the individual users within the groups as team members. Microsoft Entra ID or Active Directory groups don't expand.

3. To add more users or groups as team members, select Add:

   

4. Enter the display name or email address for the user or group to add to the team. Select the matching entry in the system, and then select Save.

   • You can add multiple users by separating the entries with a semicolon (;).
   • You can add a project security group, such as another team group, custom group, or Microsoft Entra group if used by the organization.

   

   After you save your selections, the Members list refreshes to include the new members. If you don't see the new team members in the list, select Refresh to update the view.

5. Each team should have at least one user assigned as an administrator. You can add administrators in the Project Settings for the Team in the Settings > Administrators section. For detailed instructions, see Add an account as a Team administrator.

   

Select the Current UI tab, and follow the instructions for adding new team members. The New Teams Page preview UI feature is currently available for Azure DevOps Services only.

You add team members from Project Settings > Work > Team configuration. You can quickly navigate to the Team membership list from a team work tracking backlog, board, or dashboard.

1. Select Boards > Boards > Show team profile > Team Settings:

   

   If you need to switch the team context, use the Team selector dropdown list in the breadcrumb trail for the current page:

   

2. In the Team Profile dialog, select Add:

   

3. Enter the display name or email address for each account to add to the team. Select the matching entry in the system, and then select Save changes. You can also add multiple accounts by separating the entries with a comma (,).

   

   After you save your selections, the Members list refreshes to include the new members. If you don't see the new team members in the list, select Refresh to update the view.

4. Each team should have at least one user assigned as an administrator. You can add administrators in the Team Profile page. For detailed instructions, see Add an account as a Team administrator.

1. Go to Project Settings > Teams and select the Team you want to update.

2. In the team Members section, review the Direct Members of the team. Locate the user to remove and select More actions > Remove:

   

3. In the confirmation dialog, select Delete:

   

Select the Current UI tab, and follow the instructions for removing team members. The New Teams Page preview UI feature is currently available for Azure DevOps Services only.

1. Go to the Team Profile page, select Members, and then select the Direct membership view.

2. In the Team Profile page > Members list, select the user to remove (the row highlights), and then select Remove:

   

1. Sign in to your project (https://dev.azure.com/<My_Organization>/<My_Project>).

2. Select Project Settings > Permissions:

   

3. In the security Groups section, select the security group-level to use for the new project members. You can choose any security group in the list, which includes any defined team groups. Here are some examples:

   • Readers: Read-only access to the project.
   • Contributors: Full contributor privileges to the project, which is equivalent to Stakeholder access.
   • Project Administrators: Administrator privileges for the project. For more information, see Change project-level permissions.

   This example uses the Contributors security group:

   

   After you select the security group, the configuration page opens.

4. In the configuration page for the security group, select the Members tab.

   The default team group, and any other teams defined for the project, are automatically included as members of the Contributors group. On this tab, you select other users and groups to become members. If you add new users to a project team, they automatically become members of the Contributors security group and gain the related permissions.

   Tip

   It can be easier to manage permissions for users by working with groups rather than setting permissions at the user level. When you set permissions for a group, all members of the group inherit the group permissions. You can then adjust permissions for specific users in the group, as needed.

5. On the Members tab, select Add:

   

6. Enter the display name or email address for the user or group to add to the security group. Select the matching entry in the system, and then select Save. You can also add multiple accounts by separating the entries with a semicolon (;).

   

   After you save your selections, the security group Members list refreshes to include the new members. If you don't see the new members in the list, select Refresh to update the view.

7. (Optional) After you add users as members of the security group, you can customize the permissions for other functionality in the project. For example, you might adjust permissions in specific work tracking areas and iterations or shared queries.

Select the Current UI tab, and follow the instructions for adding users to projects. The Project Permissions Settings Page preview UI feature is currently available for Azure DevOps Services only.

1. Sign in to your project (https://dev.azure.com/<My_Organization>/<My_Project>).

2. Select Project settings > Security.

   

3. In the security Groups section, select the security group-level to use for the new project members. You can choose any security group in the list, which includes any defined team groups. Here are some examples:

   • Readers: Read-only access to the project.
   • Contributors: Full contributor privileges to the project, which is equivalent to Stakeholder access.
   • Project Administrators: Administrator privileges for the project. For more information, see Change project-level permissions.

   This example uses the Contributors security group. After you select the security group, the configuration page opens.

4. In the configuration page for the security group, select the Members tab.

   

   The default team group, and any other teams defined for the project, are automatically included as members of the Contributors group. On this tab, you select other users and groups to become members. If you add new users to a project team, they automatically become members of the Contributors security group and gain the related permissions.

   Tip

   It can be easier to manage permissions for users by working with groups rather than setting permissions at the user level. When you set permissions for a group, all members of the group inherit the group permissions. You can then adjust permissions for specific users in the group, as needed.

5. On the Members tab, select Add to add a user or group.

6. Enter the display name or email address for the user or group to add to the security group. Select the matching entry in the system, and then select Save changes. You can also add multiple accounts by separating the entries with a comma (,).

   

7. (Optional) After you add users as members of the security group, you can customize the permissions for other functionality in the project. For example, you might adjust permissions in specific work tracking areas and iterations or shared queries.

   Note

   Users with limited access, such as Stakeholders, can't access select features even if granted permissions to those features. For more information, see Permissions and access.