Change the organization owner

Azure DevOps Services

As roles and responsibilities change, you can change the owner for your organization.

Note

When you change the organization owner, the old owner is not removed from the Project Collection Administrators group.

Prerequisites

  • The new owner must do the following tasks:

    • Sign in to your organization, create a profile, and agree to the Terms of Service.
    • Access the organization at least once after creating your initial profile.

Tip

For organizations connected to Microsoft Entra ID, if your organization owner and any other Project Collection Administrators are no longer active, you can transfer ownership to another user.

Change organization owner

  1. Sign in to your organization (https://dev.azure.com/{yourorganization}).

  2. Select gear icon Organization settings.

    Screenshot showing Organization settings button emphasized.

  3. Select Overview, and then Change owner.

    Screenshot showing Overview, and then Change owner buttons emphasized.

  4. Select a user from the dropdown menu, or search for a user by entering the user's name, and then select Change.

    Screenshot showing Change button emphasized.

Your organization has a new owner.