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TFS 2012 Issue: Some features of Team Web Access are not visible to you

TL;DR; Explains why some Team Web Access features in TFS 2012 may be hidden due to licence restrictions and how to assign users to the correct access groups for full functionality.

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The first time you log into TFS 2012 you may see the message “Some features of Team Web Access are not visible to you” and once you check out the details you see that “In order to use all the features of Team Web Access, you must have the correct license and configuration. For more information”.

TFS 2012 Issue: Some features of Team Web Access are not visible to you

Figure: Where are my features?

Applies to

Findings

Just because you are an administrator does not mean that you have access to all of the features. Features require licences and licences require money. All you need to administer TFS is a CAL ($300), but some features require Premium ($5000) or even Ultimate (~$12,000) MSDN licences so don’t expect it. There are a few features that only exist in the higher SKU’s and there are three levels:

Some of these are only available through the site and the site does not know what MSDN licence you have bought.

Solution

You need to add individuals to the Licence groups that relate to the respective licencing level that they have purchased.

TFS 2012 Issue: Some features of Team Web Access are not visible to you

Figure: Go to Administer Server

Open the Admin system and change the Web Access Permissions from “Control Panel | Web Access | Full | Add…” and add the users that have Premium or Ultimate licences to that group.

TFS 2012 Issue: Some features of Team Web Access are not visible to you

Figure: Add Premium and Ultimate user to Full feature access

If you are sure that you have Premium, Ultimate or Test Professional for all of your users you can just set “Full” access as the default!

TFS 2012 Issue: Some features of Team Web Access are not visible to you

Figure: You can also Set as default

If you are going to do this you need to make sure that you have licences, but it will make an administrators life a little easier!

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