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Is it possible to create a new team project with Team Foundation Power Tools?

I have tried using tfpt.exe as follows:

createteamproject /collection:"https://myvsonline.visualstudio.com/DefaultCollection" /teamproject:NewProjectName /sourcecontrol:New /processtemplate:"Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 2013.3" /noportal /noreports

But it fails with:

The requested operation is not allowed. (type SoapException)SoapException Details: Exception Stack Trace: at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Proxy.CommonStructureService.CreateProject(String projectName, XmlElement structure) at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.PCW.CssStructureUploader.Execute(ProjectCreationContext context, XmlNode taskXml)

I have tried suffixing with credentials:

/login:myusername,mypassword

But the same problem occurs.

Is this an authentication issue? Do I need to configure VS Team Services to allow project creation like this?

Esther Fan - MSFT
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  • This is a really good question. Creation of team projects works a little bit differently in Visual Studio Online than for Team Foundation Server on-premises. Going to send the question around to some folks internally... – Ed Blankenship Dec 30 '14 at 18:21
  • Hey, thanks Ed. I also had a look at the API (`Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client`) and discovered you could create project collections and *delete* projects, but not create projects! I don't understand the reasoning for that.. yet :) – joshcomley Dec 30 '14 at 22:15
  • I know what you mean... There's some complexity behind the scenes with team project creation. The "create team project" API is on the backlog though. – Ed Blankenship Jan 16 '15 at 23:12
  • MrHinsh is correct - you must use the web UI to create projects on VSO at this time. – Buck Hodges Jan 17 '15 at 01:23

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On Team Services, you can't use the power tools to create team projects.

http://www.visualstudio.com/integrate/reference/reference-vso-project-projects-vsi

Above is a link to the API reference which does not currently support creating team projects.

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