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Team Foundation Server 2010 does not support SharePoint 2010 claims based authentication


Symptoms

Team Project Creation Wizard fails with "The user does not exist or is not unique" error when Team Foundation Server 2010 is configured to create team portals in a SharePoint 2010 web application that is using Claims Based Authentication.

When we try to create a new team project in Team Explorer, the following error is thrown:

---begin Exception entry---
Time: 2010-06-16T11:21:01
Module: Wizard
Exception Message: TF218017: A SharePoint site could not be created for use as the team project portal. The following error occurred: Server was unable to process request. ---> The user does not exist or is not unique. ---> The user does not exist or is not unique. (type TeamFoundationServerException)

Exception Stack Trace: at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.WssSiteCreator.CheckCreateSite(TfsTeamProjectCollection tfsServer, Uri adminUri, Uri siteUri)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.WssSiteCreator.ValidateSettings(ProjectCreationContext context)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.PortfolioProjectForm.OnFinish()

Inner Exception Details:

Exception Message: Server was unable to process request. ---> The user does not exist or is not unique. ---> The user does not exist or is not unique. (type SoapException)
Exception Stack Trace: at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.SharePoint.SharePointTeamFoundationIntegrationService.HandleException(Exception e)
at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.SharePoint.SharePointTeamFoundationIntegrationService.CheckUrl(String absolutePath, CheckUrlOptions options, Guid configurationServerId, Guid projectCollectionId)
at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.SharePoint.WssUtilities.CheckUrl(ICredentials credentials, Uri adminUrl, Uri siteUrl, CheckUrlOptions options, Guid configurationServerId, Guid projectCollectionId)
at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.SharePoint.WssUtilities.CheckCreateSite(TfsConnection tfs, Uri adminUrl, Uri siteUrl)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.WssSiteCreator.CheckCreateSite(TfsTeamProjectCollection tfsServer, Uri adminUri, Uri siteUri)

--- end Exception entry ---


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Cause

Team Foundation Server 2010 does not support SharePoint 2010 claims based authentication security model.

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Resolution

We cannot change the authentication model for a SharePoint 2010 web application after it has been created. Therefore you would either need to recreate the web application using Classic authentication security model or configure Team Foundation Server 2010 to work with a different web application that is based on Classic authentication security model.

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Article Info
Article ID : 2656216
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 12/19/2011
Exists online : False
Views : 171