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All About Stakeholder Access Level in Azure DevOps

Did you know that the Stakeholder access level in Azure DevOps is designed for users who need to be involved in a project without directly participating in development activities?

In fact, it offers a free and limited view of the project, making it ideal for business analysts, product managers, or external collaborators who don’t require full access.

Use Cases for Stakeholder Access

Let’s look at some of the use cases for Stakeholder Access:

• Stakeholders and Customers:

  Those who need to know about the project progress and status but are not actively involved in development activities.
• Project Sponsors and Executives:

  High-level stakeholders who have to stay up-to-date about the project’s progress without directly contributing to development tasks.
• Product Managers:

  Those who collaborate with development teams but don’t need full access to development tools.
• External Parties:

  Clients and other collaborators who need visibility but do not directly participate in development.

Limitations of Stakeholder Access

• Stakeholders cannot access or view the code repositories where developers store the project’s source code.
• Furthermore, they cannot manage users, configure security settings, or modify project settings.
• Also, they cannot create custom dashboards or modify existing ones.

Who Should Get Stakeholder Access?

According to our Experts, Stakeholder access should be granted to Business Stakeholders, Product Managers as well as External Parties who need visibility but don’t participate in development.

Benefits of Stakeholder Access

• It is free to assign, allowing unlimited users to stay informed without additional licensing costs.
• Stakeholders can stay involved in the project, contribute to discussions, and provide valuable feedback.
• Project progress and status are readily available to stakeholders, leading to better communication and alignment.

Assigning Stakeholder Access Users to a Security Group

When we assign Stakeholder access users to a security group, we have to consider the following:

• Include managers or users who don’t actively contribute to the code base but want to check project status and provide direction, feedback, feature ideas, and business alignment to a team.
• Assign users tasked with managing project resources.
• Also, assign users responsible for managing organization or collection resources.

Public vs. Private Feature Access

Stakeholders’ access to features depends on whether the project is private or public:
In private projects, stakeholders have limited access to select work-tracking functions. However, they enjoy full access to work-tracking features in public projects.

With better understanding of the Stakeholder access level in Azure DevOps, we can keep all relevant parties in the loop without granting unnecessary access to development tools and resources.

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Conclusion

In brief, our Support Experts introduced us to the many benefits of the Stakeholder access level in Azure DevOps