How To: Set Work Item Creation\Edit Permission Using Area Path

How To: Set Work Item Creation\Edit Permission Using Area Path

Some times you don't want a specific User or Group will be able to create or edit a Work Item.

This is one way how to perform this action.

Open Team System with User in Administrator Group.
Click on the desire Team Project -> Right Click -> Team Project Settings - > Area and Iterations

Here you pick the Level.
You can set the Root or a lower Area, and Click on "Security"

Select the desire Group / User and check that "Edit work items in this node" is "Deny".

When the User will try to Create/Edit work item in this Area this is the message he will get.