Incorrect default project administrator permissions in Team Foundation Server 2015

This article shows that when Team Foundation Server creates a new project, a set of default permissions is applied.

Original product version:   Team Foundation Server 2015
Original KB number:   3191968

Summary

When Team Foundation Server creates a new project, a set of default permissions is applied. Team Foundation Server 2015 updates (but not the RTM version) have an incorrect default setting for project administrators. This means that, by default for projects that are created after Update 1 is installed, project administrators can bypass Git branch policies. For projects that are created before Update 1 is installed or by future versions of Team Foundation Server, the correct default setting of not set is configured.

More information

This permissions configuration may be intentional, and there is no automated way to detect whether it was incorrectly configured as the default setting or else set that way intentionally. Team Foundation Server upgrades will not change the setting for projects that already exist. If you want to prevent project administrators from bypassing Git branch policies, reset that group's permissions to not set. For more information, see the Permissions, users, and groups in Azure DevOps.

Future versions of Team Foundation Server will apply the correct default setting to new projects.

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