How to: View Default Groups

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You can view group information and membership for any one of the security groups for your Team Foundation Server. Review the group information and membership for the built-in security groups regularly, and also the information for any groups you create. If you want to create a group that has permissions across multiple projects, see How to: Create a Server-Level Group. If you want to create a security group for your team project, see How to: Create a Team Project Group.

Required Permissions

To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Team Foundation Valid Users group or have the View Project-Level Information permission set to Allow. For more information about permissions, see Team Foundation Server Permissions.

To display group membership for server-level groups

  1. In Team Explorer, select the Team Foundation Server for which you want to display group membership information.

  2. From the Team menu, point to Team Foundation Server Settings, and then click Group Membership.

  3. In the Global Groups dialog box, select the group for which you want to display group membership, and then click Properties.

  4. In User or Group, review the list of member users and groups displayed under the Member tab. To see what groups this group is a member of, click the Member of tab.

  5. When you have completed your review, click OK.

To display group permissions for server-level groups

  1. In Team Explorer, select the Team Foundation Server for which you want to display group permissions information.

  2. From the Team menu, point to Team Foundation Server Settings, and then click Security.

  3. In the Global Security dialog box, in Users and Groups, select the group for which you want to display permissions.

  4. Review the list of selected items in the permissions list. If an item is shaded and not selectable, that permission has been set by default and cannot be changed.

  5. When you have completed your review, click Close.

To display group membership for team project groups

  1. In Team Foundation Server, select the team project for which you want to display group membership information.

  2. From the Team menu, point to Team Project Settings, and then click Group Membership.

  3. In the Project Groups dialog box, select the group for which you want to display group membership, and then click Properties.

  4. In User or Group, review the list of member users and groups displayed under the Member tab. To see what groups this group is a member of, click the Member of tab.

  5. When you have completed your review, click OK.

To display group permissions for team project groups

  1. In Team Explorer, select the team project for which you want to display group membership information.

  2. From the Team menu, point to Team Project Settings, and then click Security.

  3. In the Project Security dialog box, in Users and Groups, select the group for which you want to display permissions.

  4. Review the list of selected items in the permissions list. If an item is shaded and not selectable, that permission has been set by default and cannot be changed.

  5. When you have completed your review, click Close.

See Also

Concepts

Adding and Removing Users from Groups

Other Resources

Managing Team Foundation Server in an Active Directory Domain

Default Groups