Security and permission management tools for Azure DevOps

TFS 2017 | TFS 2015 | TFS 2013

While you set most permissions through the web portal, you can use other tools to manage security groups and permissions. For permissions that aren't available to manage through the web portal,you have the option to manage them using a command line tool.

To learn more about permissions not available through a user interface, see the Security namespace and permission reference, Internal namespaces and permissions.

Additional options include the following tools:

• TFSSecurity
• Tf Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) permission command-line tool
• Tf git permission command-line tool
• Security REST API commands

You manage server-level permissions and security groups through the Team Foundation Administration Console, as well as a few select collection-level permissions.

You can use the tools listed in the following table to set permissions. Links in the table connect you to the article for setting permissions through the web portal.

In addition, Lab Management permissions can be managed through the TFSLabConfig command-line tool.

Setting permissions for SQL Server reports

For information about how to set permissions in Reporting Services, see Grant permissions to view or create SQL Server reports in TFS.

Setting permissions for SharePoint integration

For information about how to set permissions for SharePoint Products integrated with TFS, see Set SharePoint site permissions.

For more information, see Determine permission levels and groups in SharePoint 2013.

Related articles

• Change project-level permissions
• Add users to a project or team
• Team Foundation Administration Console
• Permissions and groups reference
• Security namespace and permission reference
• Troubleshoot permissions