One of my colleagues quit last year and I am now responsible for some of his old tasks. He created a customized process template for us. I downloaded it now from TFS and am trying to upload it again into a new collection.
This does not work, because some of the work item type definitions uses a group called "[Project]\Project Managers". The following error appears:
VS402504: User or group cannot be found: [Project]\Project Managers. Verify that the users and groups used in your work item type definition exist.
I added the group "Project Managers" to TFS but still the same error appears. But how can I create such a group without creating a project?
It's an validation error, custom project scoped groups are not supported. You can only reference account level scoped groups.
So you need to create a new account (collection) level group "Project Managers" and reference it accordingly in the specific work item type definition file (XML).
Please refer to VS402504: User or group cannot be found [project]\Group Name. Verify that the users and groups used in your work item type definition exist. for details.
Error example
Bug.xml is referencing a project scoped group.
... "[project]\Project Managers"Resolution example
Create a new account (collection) level group "Organization Leaders" and reference it accordingly in the XML.
... "[global]\Project Managers"