Azure Add Member to Group Configuration and Management

To add a member to a group in Azure, you'll need to navigate to the Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) portal.

The Azure AD portal is accessible through the Azure dashboard, where you can sign in with your work or school account.

From the Azure AD portal, select the "Groups" tab to view a list of existing groups.

Click on the group you want to manage to access its settings.

Adding team members to your Azure project is a straightforward process. To start, sign in to your project and select Dashboards, then choose your dashboard.

You can add users from the Team Members widget by selecting Manage team members on the Team Members widget. Enter email addresses for new users or their name until it resolves as a known name to the system.

For existing users, enter their name until it resolves as a known name to the system. Separate multiple entries with a semicolon (;) and select Add. If a user's unknown, a notification advises that an access level must be assigned.

The system assigns Stakeholder as the access level when all free five Basic access levels are already assigned. Active contributors to a project need to have Basic access as a minimum. A Project Collection Administrator can change the access level and resend invitations from the Organization Settings > Users page.

New users receive an email invitation to sign in to the project. Existing users don't receive a formal notification.

Alternatively, you can add users or groups to a team by selecting Boards > Boards > Show team profile > Team Settings. Select Add and toggle between direct or expanded membership views.

Enter the sign-in address or display name one at a time or all together, separated by commas. You can also add a project security group, such as another team group, custom group, or Microsoft Entra group if used by the organization.

To add an account as a Team administrator, go to the Settings page and select Add in the Administrators section.

Here's a summary of the steps to add team members:

Or, you can follow these steps to add users or groups to a team:

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

2. Select Add

3. Enter sign-in address or display name

4. Toggle between direct or expanded membership views

5. Add project security group (optional)

6. Add account as Team administrator (optional)

Remember, users with limited access, such as Stakeholders, can't access select features even if granted permissions to those features.

Azure Group Management allows you to organize users and grant access to shared resources. You can create security groups and Microsoft 365 groups, which provide different collaboration opportunities.

To manage groups, you need to sign in to your project and select the Teams pane. From there, you can add users or groups to a team by entering their sign-in address or display name.

You can add users or groups to a team by selecting the Direct Members view or the Expanded Members view. The Direct Members view displays users and groups added to the team, while the Expanded Members view replaces any Azure DevOps groups with the members who belong to those groups.

To add a user to a team, you can enter their email address or display name, separated by commas, and select Add. You can also add a project security group, such as another team group or a custom group.

To add a user or group to a project, you can select Project settings > Permissions and choose the Members tab. From there, you can add a user or group by selecting Add and entering their name or sign-in address.

There are three ways to create groups in Azure AD: Assigned (static), Dynamic user, and Dynamic device. Assigned groups contain specific users or groups that you select, while Dynamic user groups are based on rules and characteristics, such as a user's department or device association.

Here are the three types of group creation options in Azure AD:

Dynamic user and Dynamic device groups require an Azure AD Premium P1 license. You can set up rules for dynamic membership on security groups or Microsoft 365 groups. If a user's department changes, they will be automatically removed from the group.

Azure DevOps uses security groups for various purposes, including determining permissions, access levels, and filtering work item queries. Security groups are managed at the organization level, but some groups might be hidden in the web portal due to user permissions.

Users can add themselves to a security group using the Azure DevOps CLI tool or REST APIs. To view all group names within an organization, you can use the Azure DevOps CLI tool or our REST APIs.

To add a user to a security group, follow these steps: Open the Permissions page, choose the security group, and select the Members tab. Then, choose Add and enter the user's name, and select the match that appears. Select Save to complete the process.

To assign roles, you'll need to have Global Administrator or Privileged Role Administrator permissions in Azure AD. To create a role-assignable group, sign in to the Azure portal or Azure AD admin center and select Azure Active Directory > Groups > All groups > New group.

The New Group tab requires you to provide the group type, name, and description, and turn on Azure AD roles that can be assigned to the group. This switch is only visible to Privileged Role Administrators and Global Administrators.

You can select the members and owners of the group, and also assign roles to the group, which you can do later if needed. After specifying the members and owners, select Create to create the group with any assigned roles.

A popup message will appear asking if you're sure you want to add the capability to assign Azure AD roles to the group. Click Yes to proceed. A notification will appear in the top right-hand corner with a message confirming the group's creation.

To change permissions for a user or group, you'll need to review the permissions defined at different levels. This includes object-level permissions, project-level permissions, and collection-level permissions.

You can change permissions by adding or removing users or groups from a security group. To do this, open the Permissions page for the project-level or organization-level, and choose the security group whose members you want to manage.

You can add users or groups to a security group by entering their name into the text box and selecting from the match that appears. You can also enter several identities recognized by the system into the Add users and/or groups box, and choose the matches that meet your choices.

To add more than 10k users or groups to an Azure DevOps security group, it's recommended to add an Azure Directory / Microsoft Entra group containing the users, instead of adding the users directly.

To assign Azure AD roles to Azure AD groups, you must have Global Administrator or Privileged Role Administrator permissions in Azure AD. You can create a role-assignable group in Azure AD by signing in to the Azure portal or Azure AD admin center.

A role-assignable group in Azure AD can be created by selecting Azure Active Directory > Groups > All groups > New group. On the New Group tab, you can provide the group type, name, and description, and turn on Azure AD roles that can be assigned to the group.

Here are the steps to create a role-assignable group in Azure AD:

To configure a group in Azure, you need to create a group object. This involves specifying the group name and description.

The group name is a unique identifier for the group, and it's used to distinguish it from other groups in Azure. It can contain a maximum of 64 characters.

When you create a group, you can also specify a description that provides more context about the group's purpose or membership. This description can be up to 1024 characters long.

To manage permissions or groups at the project level, you must be a member of the Project Administrators Group. If you created the project, you're automatically added as a member of this group.

The Project Collection Administrators Group is required to manage permissions or groups at the collection or instance level. This group is automatically populated if you created the organization or collection.

To determine your level of access, check your group membership. If you're unsure about your group membership, you can check with your project administrator or organization administrator.

Defining a new group in Azure is a straightforward process. You can create groups using the Azure portal, PowerShell, or Azure CLI.

To create a group, you'll need to provide a name, and optionally, add members and a description. For example, you can define a Work Tracking Administrators group.

You can choose from three membership types: Assigned, Dynamic User, and others. Assigned lets you add specific users to be members of this group and have unique permissions. Dynamic User lets you use dynamic membership rules to automatically add and remove members.

Here are the steps to define a new group:

You can also customize a user's permission for other functionality in the project, such as in areas and iterations or shared queries.

To add members to a group in Azure Active Directory (AAD), you can create groups in Azure AD. The Azure portal is the easiest way to create groups, and you must select the group type (Security or Microsoft 365), assign a unique group name, description, and a membership type.

You can assign specific users or groups to a group by selecting the "Assigned (static)" membership type. This allows you to manually add members to the group. Alternatively, you can create dynamic membership rules based on characteristics, such as department or device association, to automatically add or remove members from the group.

To create a dynamic membership rule, you need an Azure AD Premium P1 license. You can set up dynamic membership rules for security groups or Microsoft 365 groups. For example, if a user's department is Sales, they will be dynamically assigned to the Sales group, and if their department changes in the future, they will be automatically removed from the group.

Here are the steps to create a dynamic membership rule: