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User with Contributor Role Unable to Checkout Branches or Create New Workspaces
Hi ifeanyi
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Thank you for sharing your thoughtful workaround for managing least-privilege access in Microsoft Fabric.
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We understand the current limitations around granular role-based permissions, especially compared to Synapse or Data Factory.
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Using a dedicated collaboration workspace to isolate contributor access is a practical and effective solution.
In the meantime, if you're open to it, we recommend sharing your approach and suggestions on the Fabric Ideas - Microsoft Fabric Community It’s actively reviewed by the product team and helps influence future roadmap priorities.
Let us know if you’d like assistance with anything else or help streamlining your current setup further.
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Thank you for sharing the link to the Microsoft documentation. I have reviewed the resource, and it confirms that workspace roles such as Admin, Member, and Contributor should have the ability to "Branch out to new workspace."
Current Setup:
As the Fabric Admin, I have enabled the organization-wide setting to allow workspace creation for all users.
Issue Observed:
Users with the Contributor role do not have access to the "Branch out to new workspace" option (it remains disabled).
When I upgrade the user’s role to Member, the option becomes enabled, but attempting to use it results in an error.
The feature functions only when the user is assigned the Admin role, which is not ideal from a security and governance perspective.
Request for Further Assistance:
Are there additional prerequisites or configurations required beyond the documented settings?
Could this be a potential issue with role-based permissions or a system limitation?
I would appreciate any further insights or troubleshooting steps to resolve this discrepancy. Thank you in advance for your support!
Verified from my end and I see below documentation from Microsoft, please check below and try to troubleshoot.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/cicd/git-integration/conflict-resolution
v-aatheequeCommunity Support
Hi ifeanyi ,
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Hi v-aatheeque ,
Thanks for following up. Anonymous response provided useful insights.
However, some other user have also reported experiencing similar issues, indicating a gap between expected functionality and actual implementation. This concern needs to be raised with the Microsoft Fabric team for further clarification.
You can also check out this discussion:
- v-aatheeque
Hi ifeanyi ,
Thanks for highlighting the issue. I also suggest posting it in the Ideas platform so that Microsoft may consider implementing it in the future.
https://ideas.fabric.microsoft.com/ideas/search-ideas/
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