TFS2010 - Is there a way to pre-populate a project group

Question

In our shop, all the developers have read only to the code. Everyone has been put in a group called TFSReader.

In TFS 2005, whenever I create a new project, I have to add the group to the [Project]\Readers group.

We are now looking to upgrade to TFS2010 now and we're wondering Is there a way to configure TFS to automatically put the TFSReader group under [Project]\Readers?

Should I be messing with the processTemplates?

Answer 1

So it turns out the process template was the right way to go.

I got an answer over at the msdn forums. http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tfsgeneral/thread/108ad70b-2a4a-4ec4-b8e0-e41d72766484

I downloaded the process template, made a copy and change the GroupsandPermissions.xml file.

I added the Member tag and uploaded the new process.

It worked like a charm!

    <group name="Readers" description="Members of this group have access to the team project.">
      <permissions>
        <permission name="GENERIC_READ" class="PROJECT" allow="true" />
        <permission name="VIEW_TEST_RESULTS" class="PROJECT" allow="true" />
        <permission name="GENERIC_READ" class="CSS_NODE" allow="true" />
        <permission name="WORK_ITEM_READ" class="CSS_NODE" allow="true" />
      </permissions>
      <members>
        <member name="MyDomain\TfsReader" />
      </members>
    </group>