{"id":4853,"date":"2012-06-11T06:13:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T06:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/visualstudioalm\/2012\/06\/11\/quick-response-sample-command-line-utility-to-manage-team-foundation-server-teams-and-users\/"},"modified":"2022-07-25T05:29:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T13:29:53","slug":"quick-response-sample-command-line-utility-to-manage-team-foundation-server-teams-and-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/quick-response-sample-command-line-utility-to-manage-team-foundation-server-teams-and-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Response Sample \u2013 Command line utility to manage Team Foundation Server Teams and Users"},"content":{"rendered":"

Q<\/strong>uick R<\/strong>esponse samples provide information directly from Visual Studio ALM Rangers working with the Microsoft Visual Studio Product Group, in response to feature gaps to supplement the product and knowledge base information.<\/p>\n

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Issue<\/h2>\n

The Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server VM Factory<\/a> automation team, working on the Visual Studio Readiness \u201cGig\u201d<\/a> Hands-on Lab (HOL) prerequisite setup automation, required a command line utility, such as TFSSecurity<\/a>.exe , to add Teams and Team members to a Team Project. Investigations highlighted that in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012 RC, a command line utility with the feature to manage teams and their members does not exist. A feature gap !<\/p>\n

Resolution<\/h2>\n

Team Foundation Server has extensive support for Teams and Team membership management through the object model. You can build your own Teams administrative command line utility, using the ALM Rangers oob_TfsTeams<\/strong> sample solution, which you can download from Supporting Guidance and Whitepapers<\/a>, in the\u00a0Quick Response<\/a> download package.<\/p>\n

Sample<\/h2>\n

The sample is based on using the Team service which an extension on top of the Identity Management Servic<\/strong>e (IMS) in TFS. Refer to Team Foundation Server Architecture<\/a> for more information on these services.<\/p>\n

To use the sample, proceed as follows:<\/p>\n