How do you add a user in TFS 2012? [closed]

Question

I've set up TFS 2012 on a server and am trying to add a user to the Project Collection Valid Users group. I'm trying to do this through the web interface.

When I hit Save Changes it errors with TF50618: The Team Foundation Valid Users group cannot be modified directly.

What I am trying to do is get one user set up on TFS so that I can connect Visual Studio 2012 to it. I do not have any projects set up yet. My intention is to import a VSS repository into TFS.

Answer 1

I think the Project Collection Valid Users to be a read only group. The members of that group are determined by the members of the child-groups. If you want to have another person in that group, try adding them to one of the groups within the scope. As it sounds like an administrative task you are about to do, add your user to the Project Collection Administrators Group.

Later, you are assigning new users to the Team Projects of the Default Collection. The Team Projects are automatically assigned to the Project Collection Valid Users Group.