Export a list of users and their access levels

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You can get a list of users and groups that have access to your organization in Azure DevOps by exporting users. The downloaded list also indicates which access level has been granted.

You can get a list of users and groups that have access to your Azure DevOps Server instance by exporting the audit log. The audit log also indicates which access level has been granted.

You can get a list of users and groups that have access to your Team Foundation Server (TFS) instance by exporting the audit log. The audit log also indicates which access level has been granted.

Prerequisites

  • You must be a member of the Team Foundation Administrators group. If you aren't a member, get added now. See Add administrators.

Export a list of users

From your web browser or the Azure DevOps CLI command, you can get a list of the users in your organization and view their access level information.

From the Azure DevOps CLI command, you can get a list of the users in your organization and view their access level information.

  1. Choose the Azure DevOps logo to open Projects. Then choose Admin settings.

    Open Organization settings

  2. Choose Users, and then Export users.

    Export users

You can get a list of users and groups that have accessed your Azure DevOps Server instance by exporting the audit log. The audit log also indicates which access level has been granted.

  1. From the web portal home page for a project, choose the Azure DevOps logo, (1) the project collection, and (2) Access levels.

    Azure DevOps Server 2019, Web portal, open collection Access levels

    Note

    If you're not a member of the Team Foundation Server Administrators group, the Access levels page won't appear.

  2. Choose Export audit log.

    Azure DevOps Server 2019, Web portal, export audit log

  3. The user log file is saved as a .csv file to your Download folder.

    To determine the access level assigned to each user or group, open the file in Excel.

You can get a list of users and groups that have access to your TFS instance by exporting the audit log. The audit log also indicates which access level has been granted.

  1. From the web portal home page for a project, choose the gear icon and select Server settings.

    TFS 2017, Web portal, open the Server settings admin context
  2. Choose Access levels, and then Export audit log.

    Control panel, admin context, Export audit log

    Note

    If you're not a member of the Team Foundation Server Administrators group, the link to the Access levels page won't appear.

  3. The user log file is saved as a .csv file to your Download folder.
    To determine the access level assigned to each user or group, open the file in Excel.

You can get a list of users and groups that have access to your TFS instance by exporting the audit log. The audit log also indicates which access level has been granted.

  1. From the web portal home page for a project, choose the gear icon. The URL is similar to http://myserver:8080/tfs.

    TFS 2015, Web portal, open the Server settings admin context

  2. Choose Access levels, and then Export audit log.

    Control panel, admin context, Export audit log

    Note

    If you're not a member of the Team Foundation Server Administrators group, the Access levels page won't appear.

  3. The user log file is saved as a .csv file to your Download folder.
    To determine the access level assigned to each user or group, open the file in Excel.