Locked out of Azure organization, incorrect email address for project owner

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Locked out of Azure organization, incorrect email address for project owner

Melinda Persson, dirim 20

I have an organization on Azure.

https://dev.azure.com/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I am the owner of the organization and administrator of the project.

I changed the name of my primary email address on Microsoft 365 and set the old one as an alias.

I couldn't access my organization; I didn't have permission. (But I could access Azure Admin).

I changed back to the old address as my primary address.

I can still access Azure Admin, etc. But I cannot access the organization; I get a 500 error.

I now have my old address, i.e. the one listed as the owner. I have not switched back to the new one.

The Azure project is not connected to Entra as far as I can see. How do i fix this?

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Hi Melinda Persson, dirim,

What’s happening here is that Azure DevOps ties organization ownership to the exact identity record in Azure AD/Microsoft Account, not just the alias. When you switched your primary email and then back again, the identity mapping may have become inconsistent, which explains why you can still access Azure Admin but get errors in DevOps.

The first step I recommend is to clear cached credentials and try signing in with the original primary email address that is listed as the organization owner. If that doesn’t work, check whether your DevOps organization is linked to an Azure AD tenant (Entra ID). Even if you don’t think it is, many organizations are automatically connected, and ownership is validated against that directory. If the owner identity is mismatched, you may need to re‑add yourself as an administrator from another valid owner account.

If you are the only listed owner and cannot sign in, the most reliable path forward is to open a support ticket with Azure DevOps Support. Provide them with your organization URL and proof of ownership, they can reassign the owner identity to your current primary email. In the meantime, you can also try adding your new email as an alternate organization administrator if you still have partial access.

I hope the response provided some helpful insight. If it clarified the issue for you, please consider marking it as Accept Answer so others with the same issue can find the solution.

Jason.