Add A User to Team Foundation Server 2010 Project

Ok so I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to TFS Administration. Usually I'm on the other side (user / build creator).

However, I have TFS 2010 setup for using it for my consulting work. I recently needed to be able to access my TFS 2010 away from home and also a few others to connect to it as well.

I'm not going to go into all the details on how to create windows groups, windows users, etc...

Here is how I went about adding a user, well I should say group (with users I designated), to allow access to the TFS server.

First thing you should do (in my opinion) is create a TFS group for your situation. I created one named TFS XDEV USERS

You can accomplish this by doing the following:

1. Open the Team Foundation Server Administration Console
2. Navigate to Application Tier
3. Click on Group Membership (to the right of Application Tier Summary)
4. Add a new Group by clicking "New"
5. Name the group to your liking
6. Now add your selected type ofuser
    - In my case I selected a Windows Group I created

Important to note. This group is now part of the [TEAM FOUNDATION]\Team Foundation Valid Users group as well.

Now to add your group so users can see projects

Open the Team Foundation Server Administration Console

1. Navigate to Team Project Collections in the console
2. Highlight the Team Project you would like to work with. In my case Open Source
3. Now click on Group Membership
4. Highlight the [CollectionName\Project Collection Valid Users Name
5. Click Properties
6. Now you can add the users/groups as needed

In my case I added my TFS Group (the one I created above) to each [ProjectName]\Contributors group.

And that should do it. Now when the users connect to your TFS server they should be able to see the project and contribute to them as necessary.

Good luck!