Azure DevOps - is it possible to add a service connection in the free tier?

Question

Seems I'm missing that option from my settings. Is it because I'm using the free tier?

Don't see the option "Service Connections" following the steps below:

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

 Select Project settings > Service connections. Select + New service connection, select the type of service connection that you need, and then select Next. Choose an authentication method, and then select Next.

Answer 1

I tried to reproduce the same in my environment and got the results like below:

Note that: It is possible to add a service connection in the free tier in Azure DevOps.

I have an Azure DevOps Free Tier account:

I logged in to the Azure DevOps Portal , created a project like below:

Select Project settings > Service connections->Select New service connection -> select the type of service connection -> Next.

I created a New Service connection like below:

The service connection got successfully created like below:

The issue usually occurs , if the user doesn't have access, check this MsDoc .

• Check whether Parallelism grant is approved for your account (Private or Public).
• Check whether the Azure DevOps is connected to your Subscription.

References:

Service connections in Azure Pipelines - Azure Pipelines | Microsoft Learn

A teammate cannot see or reuse service connections.. GitHub by StingyJack