Task permissions for software services can be set in a distributed computing environment according to some examples described herein. In one example, a system can determine software services that are included in software products deployable to a user account of a distributed computing environment. The system can determine task permissions to be set in the user account for allowing the software services to execute tasks in the distributed computing environment. The system can generate a list of task permissions by consolidating the task permissions based on predefined rules. The system can then transmit an output indicating the list of task permissions for causing the user account to be configured based on the list of task permissions, to permit the software services to execute the tasks in the distributed computing environment.