| title | titleSuffix | ms.custom | description | ms.technology | ms.assetid | ms.author | author | ms.topic | monikerRange | ms.date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Get started as a project administrator |
Azure DevOps |
seodec18 |
Learn how to structure a project, manage users, and more to support your software development teams in Azure DevOps. |
devops-new-user |
chcomley |
chcomley |
overview |
<= azure-devops |
02/25/2022 |
[!INCLUDE version-lt-eq-azure-devops]
With most Azure DevOps Services, you can start using the service and configure resources as you go. No up-front work is required. Most settings define defaults.
If you've created a project or been added to the Project Administrators group, you'll want to be familiar with the administrative tasks your charged with. there are a few tasks you might want to do to ensure a smooth operational experience.
Note
This article provides an overview of tasks a member of the Project Administrators group should review and attend to. For information on tasks to be performed by members of the Project Collection Administrators group, see Manage your organization or project collection.
[!INCLUDE add-users-project]
[!INCLUDE add-project-administrators]
[!INCLUDE share-project-vision]
Access to features and functions is controlled by access-level assignments, permissions, and security groups. To quickly understand the defaults configured for your project, see Default permissions and access.
::: moniker range="azure-devops"
Note
If the Project-Scoped Users well known group to hide settings preview feature is enabled for the organization, users added to the Project-Scoped Users group won't be able to access projects that they haven't been added to. To learn more, see About projects and scaling your organization, Project-scoped Users group.
::: moniker-end
To delegate specific tasks to others, add them to a built-in or custom security group or add them to a specific role. To learn more, see the following articles.
- Add or remove users or groups, manage security groups
- Grant or restrict access to select features and functions
To learn more about permissions and security, review the following articles:
[!INCLUDE enable-remove-services]
::: moniker range=">= tfs-2015"
Set policies to support collaboration across your teams and automatically remove obsolete files. To set policies that govern Azure Repos, Azure Pipelines, and Azure Test Plans, review the following articles:
- Manage branch policies
- Add Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) check-in policies
- Set build and release pipeline retention policies
- Set test retention policies
::: moniker-end
[!INCLUDE define-area-iteration-paths]
::: moniker range=">= azure-devops-2019"
All work-tracking tools are available immediately after you create a project. Often, one or more users may want to customize the experience to meet one or more business needs. Processes are easily customized through the user interface. However, you may want to establish a methodology for who manages the updates and evaluates requests.
To learn more, see the following articles:
::: moniker-end
::: moniker range="<= tfs-2018"
All work-tracking tools are available immediately after you create a project. Often, one or more users may want to customize the experience to meet one or more business needs. But, you may want to establish a methodology for who manages the updates and evaluates requests.
To learn more, see On-premises XML process model.
::: moniker-end
[!INCLUDE review-notifications]
[!INCLUDE add-teams-to-scale]
[!div class="nextstepaction"] Share your project vision
::: moniker range="azure-devops"
- Project and team quick reference
- Security & identity
- Organization management
- About user, team, project, and organization-level settings
::: moniker-end
::: moniker range="< azure-devops"
- Project and team quick reference
- Security & identity
- Organization management
- About user, team, project, and organization-level settings
- TFS administration
::: moniker-end