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Use /g+ to add a user or another group to an existing group.
Required Permissions
To use the /g+ command, you must have the View collection-level information and Edit collection-level information or the View instance-level information and Edit instance-level information permissions set to Allow, depending on whether you are using the /collection or /server parameter, respectively. For more information, see Permission reference for Team Foundation Server.
TFSSecurity /g+ groupIdentity memberIdentity [/collection:CollectionURL] [/server:ServerURL]
Parameters
Argument |
Description |
|---|---|
groupIdentity |
Specifies the group identity. For more information on valid identity specifiers, see TFSSecurity Identity and Output Specifiers. |
memberIdentity |
Specifies the member identity. For more information on valid identity specifiers, see TFSSecurity Identity and Output Specifiers. |
/collection:CollectionURL |
Required if /server is not used. Specifies the URL of a team project collection in the following format: http://ServerName:Port/VirtualDirectoryName/CollectionName |
/server:ServerURL |
Required if /collection is not used. Specifies the URL of an application-tier server in the following format: http://ServerName:Port/VirtualDirectoryName |
Remarks
Run this command on an application-tier server for Team Foundation.
You can also add users and groups to an existing group using Team Explorer. For more information, see How to: Add Users to a Global Group.
Examples
The following example adds the Datum1 ___domain user John Peoples (Datum1\jpeoples) to the Team Foundation Administrators group.
Note
The examples are for illustration only and are fictitious. No real association is intended or inferred.
>tfssecurity /g+ "Team Foundation Administrators" n:Datum1\jpeoples ALLOW /server:http://ADatumCorporation:8080
Sample output:
TFSSecurity - Team Foundation Server Security Tool
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The target Team Foundation Server is http://ADatumCorporation:8080/.
Resolving identity "Team Foundation Administrators"...
a [A] [INSTANCE]\Team Foundation Administrators
Resolving identity "n:Datum1\jpeoples"...
[U] DATUM1\jpeoples (John Peoples)
Adding John Peoples to [INSTANCE]\Team Foundation Administrators...
Verifying...
SID: S-1-9-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXXX-0-0-0-0-1
DN:
Identity type: Team Foundation Server application group
Group type: AdministrativeApplicationGroup
Project scope: Server scope
Display name: [INSTANCE]\Team Foundation Administrators
Description: Members of this group can perform all operations on the Team Foundation Application Instance.
4 member(s):
[U] Datum1\hholt (Holly Holt)
[U] Datum1\jpeoples (John Peoples)
[G] BUILTIN\Administrators (BUILTIN\Administrators)
s [A] [INSTANCE]\Team Foundation Service Accounts
Member of 2 group(s):
a [A] [Collection0]\Project Collection Administrators
e [A] [INSTANCE]\Team Foundation Valid Users
Done.