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Get Started with DevOps Center by Role
DevOps Center supports three primary roles. Admins configure projects and pipelines. Development team members, including declarative users and programmatic developers, commit changes to source control. Deployment managers promote releases through pipeline stages.
Required Editions
| Available in: Lightning Experience in Professional (API access required), Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions |
| Not available in: Government Cloud Plus. Contact your Salesforce account executive for more details. |
| Not available in: EU Operating Zone. EU Operating zone is a special paid offering that provides an enhanced level of data residency commitment. DevOps Center is supported in orgs in the EU that aren’t part of EU OZ, per standard product terms and conditions. |
Each role has distinct responsibilities, required permissions, and tasks. Many teams have users who perform multiple roles. DevOps Center admins can assign multiple permission sets to the same user.
DevOps Center Admin
Role: Configure and maintain DevOps Center, manage team access, and create projects and pipelines.
You're an admin if: You have the DevOps Center Admin permission set and set up DevOps Center for your organization.
Get started:
- Plan Your DevOps Center Setup: Planning considerations and prerequisites.
- Set Up Next Generation DevOps Center: Step-by-step setup process.
Common tasks:
- Manage projects, teams, and pipelines.
- Connect and replace sandboxes.
- Handle sandbox refreshes.
Development Team Member
Role: Create changes in development environments, commit to source control, and respond to pull request feedback.
You're a development team member if: You have the DevOps Center User permission set and Customize Application permission in development environments. This role includes both declarative users who build with clicks and programmatic developers who write code.
Get started:
- Get Started as a Team Member: Complete walkthrough from first change to commit.
- Work Outside the DevOps Center UI: Use developer tools of your choice.
Common tasks:
- Sync changes from other team members.
- View and commit changes.
- Add metadata and configuration data to work items.
- Approve pull requests and respond to feedback.
Deployment Manager
Role: Coordinate releases, promote changes through pipeline stages, and resolve deployment issues.
You're a deployment manager if: You have the DevOps Center Deployment Manager permission set and access to all pipeline environments.
Get started:
- Get Started as a Deployment Manager: Your first promotion walkthrough.
- Promote Work Items: Step-by-step promotion process.
Common tasks:
- Resolve merge conflicts.
- Handle external merges.
- Manage stalled promotions.
- Troubleshoot deployment failures.
How Roles Work Together
DevOps Center integrates source control with continuous delivery through a pipeline workflow.
- Admins set up DevOps Center and create projects.
- Declarative users and programmatic developers make changes in development environments and commit to source control.
- Team members review and approve changes through pull requests.
- Deployment managers promote approved changes through pipeline stages to production.
