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Imran Qadir Baksh - Baloch
Imran Qadir Baksh - Baloch

Reputation: 33944

TFS allow some users just to view the work items and queries

I am using TFS 2015. I make one user as Readers in project settings but still the user is able to create and update work-items/bugs. So, I am confused what I need to do in order to allow a user to just view the work-items/quires/stories but not add/edit any item.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 805

Answers (2)

Shamrai Aleksander
Shamrai Aleksander

Reputation: 15998

The Readers group setting does not restrict ability to edit or create work items. You can do that in area path security settings Set permissions and access for work tracking. So you may create new group (in example Disallow Access Group). Then open security setting for the root area.

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Deny needed permissions

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In your case you have to enable View work items in this node

Upvotes: 4

ChamindaC
ChamindaC

Reputation: 1492

If you have the user only in the Readers TFS group of the given team project, the user will not be able to able to add/edit work items.

This can happen if you have altered the group membership, so that Readers are member of the Team (the team created by default or a new team), which is default a member of Contributors. This way readers TFS Group get inherited from Contributors permissions.

Verify the Readers group has below as permissions (default)

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The other possibility is your user has collection level permissions so the project permissions are inherited to allow by default.

Upvotes: 1

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