Add users to VSTS project collection Administrator
<<For new VSTS organization creation and adding users follow this link – https://amar365.com/2018/08/20/create-new-vsts-organization >>
As a team administrator, you can configure, customize, and manage all team-related activities for your team. These include being able to add team members, add team admins, and configure Agile tools and team assets. Only administrator can create new team projects to the account and others will get following errors.
To add user as an administrator , :
- You must have a VSTS account created
- You must be having an administrator permission ( Default permission if you have created the VSTS)
Add administrator to VSTS projects
Step1: Login into VSTS with your account and select your VSTS account to manage or directly provide account URL https://<accountname>.visualstudio.com/ to open.
Step2: Navigate to security tab using https://<accountname>.visualstudio.com/_admin/_security or select security under settings option in dashboard.
Step3: Select ‘Project collection Administrator’ group which is the high privilege group and add members by providing users identity from Azure AD. Now the added user will permission with respect to your VSTS projects
Custom group creation :We can also create custom group by selecting ‘Create group’ option and assign custom permissions. Provide custom name to group and add users. Permission can be customized by tapping ‘permissions’ and select required level of permission.
