title: Cannot authorize variable group in Azure Pipelines
body: <p>I am constructing a multi-stage Azure Pipeline in Azure DevOps to build and release my product.</p>
  <p>I want to use variable groups in this pipeline, so that I can substitute different configuration values for different deployment environments.</p>
  <p>I am unable to authorize my variable groups to be used by the pipeline.
  When I manually run a build, I see a message on the summary page telling me the variable group is not authorized:
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/fMoB3.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/fMoB3.png" alt="Error message" /></a></p>
  <p>The <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/resources?view=azure-devops" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Azure DevOps documentation</a> says this is to be expected:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>When you make changes to the YAML file and add additional resources (assuming that these not authorized for use in all pipelines as explained above), then the build fails with a resource authorization error that is similar to the following: Could not find a {RESOURCE} with name {NAME}. <strong>The {RESOURCE} does not exist or has not been authorized for use.</strong></p>
  <p>In this case, <strong>on the Summary page, you will see an option to authorize the resources on the failed build</strong>. If you are a member of the User role for the resource, you can select this option. Once the resources are authorized, you can start a new build.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>I am a member of the User role for the variable group, and I am seeing the message, but I am presented with no option to authorize. Is there something else I need to do? Or is there another way I can authorize a specific pipeline to use a variable group?</p>