I cant seem to find where to set read only rights for users within TFS when viewing test items/cases and plans. So if a test case is opened a user shouldn't be able to edit the case. Any idea? TIA
You control work item permissions at the area path level.
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We have a project that has been running for a while and has some external clients. I'd like to configure TfS so that while the development team can see all the Work Items, the external clients / stakeholders can only see the work items which relate to their area and not any of the general development tasks or those relating to other stakeholders.
I tried to follow the Microsoft guidance for setting up multiple teams and areas (so will use their examples).
Areas are configured as follows
Fabrikam Fiber
-> Email
-> Web
Teams are configured as follows
Fabrikam Fiber (this team 'owns' the Fabrikam Fiber area and includes sub areas)
-> Email (this team 'owns' the Email area only)
-> Web (this team 'owns' the Web area only)
Teams have the following members
Fabrikam Fiber (whole development team)
-> Email (Adam only)
-> Web (Bill only)
So logging in as the following I would expect to see:
Development team. Can access whole project, both team projects and work items in any area
Adam. Can only access the Email team project and see work items in the Email area
Bill. Can only access the Web team project and see work items in the Web area
But what actually happens is that both Adam and Bill can see everything that the development team can (projects / work items).
What have I done wrong and how can I make this work as I would expect? I'm sure I tried this in the past and it worked fine but that project now also has the same issue. We're using TFS2017 On Premises.
Thanks!
Update 30/04/2018
Thanks for the responses!
Step 1 of Cece's answer didn't apply to me as it's a single code base but Step 2 does mean that I can prevent the user from seeing work items in the other area - hurrah!
However I'm still stuck on how to prevent the user from seeing that the other areas exists at all (so in my example I wouldn't want Email to see Web listed on the homepage - as these are client names). I had a better look at the Contributor group etc following Daniel's comment and having read the links Cece provided. Logically I would expect that I should remove the Email team from the Contributor's group as that is Project level (and then they would only have their area permissions) but then all I get is a message saying 'This project only contains a default team.' There is also a tantalising Permission called 'View project-level information' but this doesn't seem to be editable.
I seem to have hit a brick wall again so any further advice would be greatly appreciated!
You need to set both TFVC permission and area path permission:
Set permission for projects. Go the version control tab, select the project that you want to set permission, add the user, and grant Deny permission for Read.
Set permission for area path. Go to Work tab, select Security for the area path that you want to set permission, add the user, and grant Deny permission for View work items in this node.
I have an old setup with a tfs2010 and sql2008 and the current Collection is holding 3 team Projects. Now i want to create a new team project but for some reason i cant. it seems that it has something to do with the SQL Reporting that dosent excists. i get an error TF218027.
Ive been going through the setup and im wondering a bit
What exactly does the TFS use the reportServer for (MSDN dosent seem to want to tell me)
is there any way to create a Team project without the reporting
Will it damage my excisting data if i create and connect to a new sql reportServer
Hope someone will take the time to give an answer
thanks.
I have already tried the different approtaches discussed on different threads and im primarily looking for information on the 3 questions written above
Try the steps below:
In browser go to: http://application-tier/Reports/Pages/Folder.aspx
Press Folder settings button in the toolbar
Press New Role Assignment button in the toolbar
Specify user name in Group or user name field, check Content Manager role and press OK.
So for the people that actually read the question the answer is.
Keeps track of agile work progress
yes and its actually easy. go to the reporting service and stop it and then tell TFS not to report under reporting
Since it was never running the answer here is No
I've got an issue where users that are disabled in Active Directory are still appearing in a Team Project Collection in Team Foundation Server 2013. This is a problem because any projects that are within the collection have these users inherited and are visible when assigning work items, etc.
These users in the screenshot below are all disabled and none of which are a part of any group or groups on TFS.
Specifically these users:
Kumar
Carl
Mishra
Bertram
Shah
Rajendran
Arora
It would also be nice to hide these users:
Network Service
Sharepoint account
Local Server Account (******-DEV1$)
I have tried the following:
Removing [Built-In]\Administrators group as per instructions here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/15640409/559988
Clearing the TFS data cache and restarting IIS as per instructions here: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/31487b77-8a1a-4b1f-8cdb-8f3528a3a389/tfs-2013-user-management
Verified the users are disabled in Active Directory
Verified the disabled users are not apart of any groups in Active Directory
Verified Active Directory sync is working (added a new user and it appeared just fine).
Has anyone else had this issue with disabled users appearing in TFS 2013 or know how to resolve it?
Thank you
This phenomenon is correct. The disabled user in Active Directory will still appear in TFS. Since these users are imported from AD, and belong windows group, so you can't delete these from security page. TFS server will automatically sync from the AD.
You may need to manually delete the users instead of disable the users in Active Directory .
Update
You can't hide the user in security. If you are get annoyed with these users when assigning work items. You can filter the user which you want to display in work item drop list. Please see my answer in this question: TFS-2015 limiting user list for detailed step.
After trying everything in Patrick's post above I am unable to resolve this issue.
This issue also remains unresolved in a similar post here: How do I remove a user from tfs?
The only way I was able to partially-resolve this was by upgrading from TFS 2013 to TFS 2015. The users still appear in the Project Collection users group, but no longer appear in the Team Project as options for work items, etc.
It's unclear why this is the way it is.
I have a user who gets the following error when they attempt to create a New Team Project:
TF218027: The following reporting folder could not be created on the
server that is running SQL Server Reporting Services[...]
After several attempts to fix using feedback from this site as well as others, I have narrowed down the problem somewhat, but not sure what to do next.
The user is in the appropriate group in SSRS, with Content Manager and Team Foundation Content Manager roles. I have also broken the permission inheretance per This stackoverflow article.
The odd thing I have observed is that by putting the user into SSRS directly, it works. By being a member of a group instead, it does not work.
Any advise would be appreciated greatly.
Windows group memberships are only refreshed on log on. If you added the user to the group right now, the user might need to log off and log on again to get the new group membership into effect.
Let's say I am the administrator of some project on sf.net. I want to
add a new user as member of a project, and to grant him
rights to create files in some directory.
I added a user as member of a project, but it didn't have a
possibility to create/delete files/directories.
If someone has experience in a similar question, prompt to me please.
Thanks!
Your best bet would be to ask this question on either #sourceforge on irc.freenode.net, or create a support ticket at https://sourceforge.net/p/forge/site-support/new/ or email the support staff at sfnet_ops#geek.net
What you're describing shouldn't happen, so you need to report it as a problem. However, it could just take a little time for the necessary permissions to get applied, so it might depend on how close together the two events are.
Assuming you are on SourceForge's latest platform i.e Allura, here are the steps you can try.
1) Log in to SF
2) Click on Admin tab
3) Click on User Permissions
You should be able to add users, create group and manage permission for group.