diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops-common/package.json b/plugins/azure-devops-common/package.json
index 23a575f95e..70b7be4964 100644
--- a/plugins/azure-devops-common/package.json
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops-common/package.json
@@ -36,5 +36,9 @@
   },
   "files": [
     "dist"
-  ]
+  ],
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-common": "workspace:^",
+    "@backstage/plugin-permission-common": "workspace:^"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops/src/api/AzureDevOpsApi.ts b/plugins/azure-devops/src/api/AzureDevOpsApi.ts
index 89aa4b7d6e..6dd6eeae6b 100644
--- a/plugins/azure-devops/src/api/AzureDevOpsApi.ts
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops/src/api/AzureDevOpsApi.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export interface AzureDevOpsApi {
   getGitTags(
     projectName: string,
     repoName: string,
+    entityRef: string,
     host?: string,
     org?: string,
   ): Promise<{ items: GitTag[] }>;
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ export interface AzureDevOpsApi {
   getPullRequests(
     projectName: string,
     repoName: string,
+    entityRef: string,
     host?: string,
     org?: string,
     options?: PullRequestOptions,
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ export interface AzureDevOpsApi {
 
   getBuildRuns(
     projectName: string,
+    entityRef: string,
     repoName?: string,
     definitionName?: string,
     host?: string,
diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops/src/api/AzureDevOpsClient.ts b/plugins/azure-devops/src/api/AzureDevOpsClient.ts
index f5c046ef07..257b1cd014 100644
--- a/plugins/azure-devops/src/api/AzureDevOpsClient.ts
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops/src/api/AzureDevOpsClient.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ export class AzureDevOpsClient implements AzureDevOpsApi {
 
   public async getGitTags(
     projectName: string,
+    entityRef: string,
     repoName: string,
     host?: string,
     org?: string,
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ export class AzureDevOpsClient implements AzureDevOpsApi {
     if (org) {
       queryString.append('org', org);
     }
+    queryString.append('entityRef', entityRef);
     const urlSegment = `git-tags/${encodeURIComponent(
       projectName,
     )}/${encodeURIComponent(repoName)}?${queryString}`;
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ export class AzureDevOpsClient implements AzureDevOpsApi {
   public async getPullRequests(
     projectName: string,
     repoName: string,
+    entityRef: string,
     host?: string,
     org?: string,
     options?: PullRequestOptions,
@@ -110,6 +113,7 @@ export class AzureDevOpsClient implements AzureDevOpsApi {
     if (org) {
       queryString.append('org', org);
     }
+    queryString.append('entityRef', entityRef);
     const urlSegment = `pull-requests/${encodeURIComponent(
       projectName,
     )}/${encodeURIComponent(repoName)}?${queryString}`;
@@ -136,6 +140,7 @@ export class AzureDevOpsClient implements AzureDevOpsApi {
 
   public async getBuildRuns(
     projectName: string,
+    entityRef: string,
     repoName?: string,
     definitionName?: string,
     host?: string,
@@ -174,6 +179,7 @@ export class AzureDevOpsClient implements AzureDevOpsApi {
     if (options?.top) {
       queryString.append('top', options.top.toString());
     }
+    queryString.append('entityRef', entityRef);
     const urlSegment = `builds/${encodeURIComponent(
       projectName,
     )}?${queryString}`;
diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops/src/components/BuildTable/BuildTable.tsx b/plugins/azure-devops/src/components/BuildTable/BuildTable.tsx
index 09eba5f5a2..bc69b68d56 100644
--- a/plugins/azure-devops/src/components/BuildTable/BuildTable.tsx
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops/src/components/BuildTable/BuildTable.tsx
@@ -32,12 +32,14 @@ import {
   StatusWarning,
   Table,
   TableColumn,
+  EmptyState,
 } from '@backstage/core-components';
 
 import { AzurePipelinesIcon } from '../AzurePipelinesIcon';
 import { DateTime } from 'luxon';
 import React from 'react';
 import { getDurationFromDates } from '../../utils/getDurationFromDates';
+import { isAuthorizationError } from '../../utils';
 
 export const getBuildResultComponent = (result: number | undefined) => {
   switch (result) {
@@ -179,6 +181,15 @@ type BuildTableProps = {
 
 export const BuildTable = ({ items, loading, error }: BuildTableProps) => {
   if (error) {
+    if (isAuthorizationError(error)) {
+      return (
+        <EmptyState
+          missing="data"
+          title="No Buils to show"
+          description="You are not authorized!"
+        />
+      );
+    }
     return (
       <div>
         <ResponseErrorPanel error={error} />
diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops/src/components/GitTagTable/GitTagTable.tsx b/plugins/azure-devops/src/components/GitTagTable/GitTagTable.tsx
index f34a1929fe..31475a66d7 100644
--- a/plugins/azure-devops/src/components/GitTagTable/GitTagTable.tsx
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops/src/components/GitTagTable/GitTagTable.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   ResponseErrorPanel,
   Table,
   TableColumn,
+  EmptyState,
 } from '@backstage/core-components';
 import { GitTag } from '@backstage/plugin-azure-devops-common';
 import React from 'react';
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { AzureGitTagsIcon } from '../AzureGitTagsIcon';
 import { useEntity } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
 import { useGitTags } from '../../hooks/useGitTags';
+import { isAuthorizationError } from '../../utils';
 
 const columns: TableColumn[] = [
   {
@@ -64,6 +66,15 @@ export const GitTagTable = () => {
   const { items, loading, error } = useGitTags(entity);
 
   if (error) {
+    if (isAuthorizationError(error)) {
+      return (
+        <EmptyState
+          missing="data"
+          title="No Tags to show"
+          description="You are not authorized!"
+        />
+      );
+    }
     return <ResponseErrorPanel error={error} />;
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops/src/components/PullRequestTable/PullRequestTable.tsx b/plugins/azure-devops/src/components/PullRequestTable/PullRequestTable.tsx
index d672102945..3e41a8c46f 100644
--- a/plugins/azure-devops/src/components/PullRequestTable/PullRequestTable.tsx
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops/src/components/PullRequestTable/PullRequestTable.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   ResponseErrorPanel,
   Table,
   TableColumn,
+  EmptyState,
 } from '@backstage/core-components';
 import {
   PullRequest,
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ import { DateTime } from 'luxon';
 import { PullRequestStatusButtonGroup } from '../PullRequestStatusButtonGroup';
 import { useEntity } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
 import { usePullRequests } from '../../hooks/usePullRequests';
+import { isAuthorizationError } from '../../utils';
 
 const columns: TableColumn[] = [
   {
@@ -104,6 +106,15 @@ export const PullRequestTable = ({ defaultLimit }: PullRequestTableProps) => {
   );
 
   if (error) {
+    if (isAuthorizationError(error)) {
+      return (
+        <EmptyState
+          missing="data"
+          title="No Pull Requests to show"
+          description="You are not authorized!"
+        />
+      );
+    }
     return <ResponseErrorPanel error={error} />;
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops/src/components/PullRequestsPage/PullRequestsPage.tsx b/plugins/azure-devops/src/components/PullRequestsPage/PullRequestsPage.tsx
index c5da207bd6..9561c76a2c 100644
--- a/plugins/azure-devops/src/components/PullRequestsPage/PullRequestsPage.tsx
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops/src/components/PullRequestsPage/PullRequestsPage.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import {
   Content,
+  EmptyState,
   Header,
   Page,
   Progress,
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ import { FilterType } from './lib/filters';
 import { PullRequestGrid } from './lib/PullRequestGrid';
 import { useDashboardPullRequests } from '../../hooks';
 import { useFilterProcessor } from './lib/hooks';
+import { isAuthorizationError } from '../../utils';
 
 type PullRequestsPageContentProps = {
   pullRequestGroups: PullRequestGroup[] | undefined;
@@ -45,6 +47,15 @@ const PullRequestsPageContent = ({
   }
 
   if (error) {
+    if (isAuthorizationError(error)) {
+      return (
+        <EmptyState
+          missing="data"
+          title="No Pull Requests to show"
+          description="You are not authorized!"
+        />
+      );
+    }
     return <ResponseErrorPanel error={error} />;
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops/src/components/ReadmeCard/ReadmeCard.tsx b/plugins/azure-devops/src/components/ReadmeCard/ReadmeCard.tsx
index 300c9e0d7c..a45c6fe831 100644
--- a/plugins/azure-devops/src/components/ReadmeCard/ReadmeCard.tsx
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops/src/components/ReadmeCard/ReadmeCard.tsx
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { useEntity } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
 import React from 'react';
 
 import { useReadme } from '../../hooks';
+import { isAuthorizationError } from '../../utils';
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles(theme => ({
   readMe: {
@@ -63,7 +64,15 @@ function isNotFoundError(error: any): boolean {
 }
 
 const ReadmeCardError = ({ error }: ErrorProps) => {
-  if (isNotFoundError(error))
+  if (isAuthorizationError(error)) {
+    return (
+      <EmptyState
+        title="No README available for this entity"
+        missing="field"
+        description="You are not authorized!"
+      />
+    );
+  } else if (isNotFoundError(error)) {
     return (
       <EmptyState
         title="No README available for this entity"
@@ -80,6 +89,7 @@ const ReadmeCardError = ({ error }: ErrorProps) => {
         }
       />
     );
+  }
   return <ErrorPanel title={error.message} error={error} />;
 };
 
diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useBuildRuns.ts b/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useBuildRuns.ts
index e335d2ffaf..21f4d60430 100644
--- a/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useBuildRuns.ts
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useBuildRuns.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import { azureDevOpsApiRef } from '../api';
 import { useApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import useAsync from 'react-use/lib/useAsync';
 import { getAnnotationValuesFromEntity } from '../utils';
-import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { Entity, stringifyEntityRef } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 
 export function useBuildRuns(
   entity: Entity,
@@ -44,7 +44,15 @@ export function useBuildRuns(
   const { value, loading, error } = useAsync(() => {
     const { project, repo, definition, host, org } =
       getAnnotationValuesFromEntity(entity);
-    return api.getBuildRuns(project, repo, definition, host, org, options);
+    return api.getBuildRuns(
+      project,
+      stringifyEntityRef(entity),
+      repo,
+      definition,
+      host,
+      org,
+      options,
+    );
   }, [api]);
 
   return {
diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useGitTags.ts b/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useGitTags.ts
index 57489316da..3cd65dad92 100644
--- a/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useGitTags.ts
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useGitTags.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import { GitTag } from '@backstage/plugin-azure-devops-common';
 
-import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { Entity, stringifyEntityRef } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { azureDevOpsApiRef } from '../api';
 import { useApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import useAsync from 'react-use/lib/useAsync';
@@ -31,7 +31,13 @@ export function useGitTags(entity: Entity): {
 
   const { value, loading, error } = useAsync(() => {
     const { project, repo, host, org } = getAnnotationValuesFromEntity(entity);
-    return api.getGitTags(project, repo as string, host, org);
+    return api.getGitTags(
+      project,
+      repo as string,
+      stringifyEntityRef(entity),
+      host,
+      org,
+    );
   }, [api]);
 
   return {
diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/usePullRequests.ts b/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/usePullRequests.ts
index af2c4b1cc1..7347f66156 100644
--- a/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/usePullRequests.ts
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/usePullRequests.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
   PullRequestStatus,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-azure-devops-common';
 
-import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { Entity, stringifyEntityRef } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { azureDevOpsApiRef } from '../api';
 import { useApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import useAsync from 'react-use/lib/useAsync';
@@ -47,7 +47,15 @@ export function usePullRequests(
 
   const { value, loading, error } = useAsync(() => {
     const { project, repo, host, org } = getAnnotationValuesFromEntity(entity);
-    return api.getPullRequests(project, repo as string, host, org, options);
+    const entityRef = stringifyEntityRef(entity);
+    return api.getPullRequests(
+      project,
+      repo as string,
+      entityRef,
+      host,
+      org,
+      options,
+    );
   }, [api, top, status]);
 
   return {
diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useReadme.ts b/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useReadme.ts
index 9aa376e0bd..cfc7f04bf4 100644
--- a/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useReadme.ts
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops/src/hooks/useReadme.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import { Readme } from '@backstage/plugin-azure-devops-common';
 
-import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { Entity, stringifyEntityRef } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { azureDevOpsApiRef } from '../api';
 import { useApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import useAsync from 'react-use/lib/useAsync';
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@ export function useReadme(entity: Entity): {
   const { value, loading, error } = useAsync(() => {
     const { project, repo, host, org, readmePath } =
       getAnnotationValuesFromEntity(entity);
+    const entityRef = stringifyEntityRef(entity);
     return api.getReadme({
       project,
       repo: repo as string,
+      entityRef,
       host,
       org,
       path: readmePath,
diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops/src/utils/index.ts b/plugins/azure-devops/src/utils/index.ts
index 998bb0e23d..a05ea4f650 100644
--- a/plugins/azure-devops/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ export * from './arrayHas';
 export * from './equalsIgnoreCase';
 export * from './getDurationFromDates';
 export * from './getAnnotationValuesFromEntity';
+export * from './validateError';
diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops/src/utils/validateError.ts b/plugins/azure-devops/src/utils/validateError.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fca1687013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops/src/utils/validateError.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+export function isAuthorizationError(error: any): boolean {
+  return error?.response?.status === 403;
+}