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.

CodePudding user response：

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