Cannot connect to Team Foundation Server

I am trying to make a new project from the Client. The installation has gon smoothly as I followed the instructions in the manual to the T. The main thing is I cannot connect to the my Team Foundation Server right now. I saw many other forum entries and have tried out all the things like restarting the IIS and the TFSSERVERSCHEDULER service. But it still gives the same error:-

"The request was aborted: The connection was closed unexpectedly. Cannot connect to domain [domain name]. Projects for [domain name] cannot be retrieved."

Does anyone have an idea about this. Also, I tried to add a new server from the team explorer using the IP address and the default port on which I have installed the TFS, it doesn't allow me to do that too. It gives this message:

"Unable to connect to this Team Foundation Server : [Servername]

Team Foundation Server URL: http://[Servername]:8080
Possible reasons for failure include:

  • The Team Foundation Server name, port number, or protocol is incorrect
  • You don't have sufficient permissions to connect to this Team Foundation Server
  • The Team Foundation Server is offline
  • Password is expired or incorrect"

Has anybody faced the error before?

[1371 byte] By [vikramjparekh] at [2007-12-16]
# 1

Is the user you are logging on to your client with a member of the Namespace administrators group in tfs?

I had the same problem and I just added my domain user in the Permissions dialog and gave it full rights and it worked, but adding that user to the namespace administrators group should have the same effect.

JonasR?ineslien at 2007-9-9 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio Team System,Team Foundation Server - Setup...
# 2
Hi Jonas,

The user is a member of the Namespace administrators group. I checked it. Still the same error.

Thanks,

Vikram

vikramjparekh at 2007-9-9 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio Team System,Team Foundation Server - Setup...
# 3
When the connection is forcibly closed, it means that the port is not accepting requests.... try opening the ports
BruceTaimanaMSFT at 2007-9-9 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio Team System,Team Foundation Server - Setup...
# 4
Thanks Bruce,

The ports were indeed not accepting the requests. I opened them and it work great now.

Vikram

vikramjparekh at 2007-9-9 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio Team System,Team Foundation Server - Setup...

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