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Prevent specific users from modifying area and iteration in a Work Item Type

It is not supported to add READONLY or FROZEN rules on the System.IterationPath and System.AreaPath. A work around is to create a custom field named "You cannot change this field" for example. Give it the Integer type. In the "Rules" tap, add one WHENCHANGED rule for each field you want to protect. In the first one, select System.AreaId in the Field Condition, and navigate to the Rules tab. Add two rules: COPY For: the TFS group containing the users not authorized for change From: value Value: leave empty REQUIRED For: the TFS group containing the users not authorized for change Do the same for the second WHENCHANGED rule for System.IterationId Basically, the following sequence will trigger when an unauthorized user tries to change a protect field (System.AreaId and System.IterationId linked respectively to System.AreaPath and System.IterationPath) : The field value is changed to blank The field is set to REQUIRED This triggers a validation