Hi,

I'm trying to execute a Build on my local machine, but I am getting the following error:

TF42056: The build service could not connect to the Team Foundation Server: TF30063: You are not authorized to access http://buildServerName:8080/

I have Team Foundation for Testers installed on my machine. I know that I actually can access port 8080 on the build server because that's where our code lives, and I can access and modify the code. I'm really stuck as to how to get builds working. Can builds only be done on machines that have Team Foundation for Developers on it? I hope not, because it wouldn't make any sense that a tester couldn't launch a build so they could run their tests.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!! I am at a total standstill on this.

- Kim

Kim,

Just a few things to check...

• If you're trying to actually run the build on your local machine, then you'll need Team Build Services (part of TFS) installed on your local machine. Otherwise, you'll need to run the build on the build server.
• Ensure the build server has a copy of Visual Studio 2005 installed on it.

Not sure if this helps but I thought I'd pass it along.

Kim,

Have you installed the Team Build Service on your Team Foundation Server? If not, that would be step 1. When I installed Team Foundation Server, I made the mistake of assuming it was installed by default.

Step 2 would be to check to see if the user for the Team Build Service has rights within Team Foundation Server. Specifically, the service user needs to belong to the Build Services Project Group for the project you are attempting to build.

Hope this helps,
-Shane

Did you get this issue resolved?

-Aaron