Restrict Create Build Definition permissions in TFS

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Is there a way to restrict the ability of a user to create a build definition in TFS 2013/2015? The closest thing I found was for TFS 2008 which stated that creating a build definition requires the "Administer a build" permission, which seems to be missing from the permissions for 2013. Instead there is a "Administer build permissions" which sounds similar enough. This is on my company's production TFS server and I'm just a developer... so I'd like to know for sure before I make a suggestion, and I'd prefer to NOT need to set up my own TFS server.

We use TFS 2012 and I know for sure there is ability to restrict creating build definition but not so much editing existing once. Unless you just restrict access to that collection — Claudius

Cece Dong - MSFT Cece Dong - MSFT · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-25T03:08:30

Administer build permissions is Can administer the build permissions for other users. It doesn't control whether a user is able to create a build definition or not.

You need to set Edit build definition permission, which is used to control whether a user can create and modify build definitions for this project.

More permission reference, check this article: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms252587.aspx

Restrict Create Build Definition permissions in TFS

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