TF50309: The following account does not have sufficient permissions

andrespompiglio — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:03:33 +0000

This is a typical error you may receive when you are configuring group memberships and security at server level:

EventVwr Details: TF50309: The following account does not have sufficient permissions to complete the operation: DOMAIN\User. Check the permissions for the account and grant the appropriate permissions to perform this operation. (type UnauthorizedAccessException)

Posible Causes of this error: the user is within a group which has been denied the “view server-level information“

Resolution: remove the user from that server-level group or allow the “view server-level information” role.

1) Inside Visual Studio, go to Team –> Team Foundation Server Settings –> Security

2) Allow the view server-level information role:

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TF50309: The following account does not have sufficient permissions