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I have just gotten a full TFS Beta 2 install working great on Win2K3 Server Standard/SP1. The problem that I had and solved tonight though is that I was unable to access the server (TFS) from any of the other Win2K3 accounts rather than the setup account TFSSETUP. I wanted to do it from other accounts obviously. For instance, I tried to use the Team Client to access the server from the Administrator account and I get permission problems. You must be a member of the Network Administrators TFS Application Group in ADAM which is completely different than the domain accounts. This is typically done by the following:
gssutil.exe /g+ adm: n:domain\username
However, that would fail on any account I tried including Administrator and a regular user I called PROJADMIN with bizarre error messages. What did work, and may help someone else, is to log into the TFSSETUP account and use the “second” method:
To add a user to the Namespace Administrators application group using Team Foundation Client
Log on to the client tier computer using the credentials of a user account that is already a member of the Namespace Administrators application group (for example, Domain\TFSSETUP).
Install Team Foundation Client.
Start Visual Studio and connect to Team Foundation Server.
In Team Explorer, select the Team Foundation Server to manage.
On the Team menu, point to Team Foundation Server Settings, and then click Groups.
In the Global Groups dialog box, select the group you want to add users to, and then click Properties.
In the Team Foundation Server Group Properties dialog box, on the Members tab, select Windows User or Group, and then click Add.
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