Quick hit: Team Foundation Server security

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Just a quick note to myself about security in TFS 2010…

How to grant permissions to use Reporting Server: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb630430.aspx (How to: Configure a Report Server for Local Administration on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008)

The Admin page: you’ll need to run IE as Administrator to set this up initially https://<computerName>/Reports<InstanceName>

Questions to ask:

  • Does user have DB security rights? (SQL Management Studio)
  • Does user have TFS user rights? (Team Foundation Administration Console / Application Tier node)
  • Does user have SharePoint site user rights? https://<computerName>/sites/DefaultCollection -> People and Groups