How to: Upload a Document in Team Explorer

You can upload documents from your computer to the project portal by using the Documents node in Team Explorer. You can also upload documents directly from Windows Explorer.

Contact your Team Foundation Server administrator or your team project administrator to make sure that your user account has the permissions described in the following section.

Required Permissions

To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Team Foundation Valid Users security group. If the necessary security permissions are set explicitly, then you must have the View project-level information permission on the team project set to Allow. You must also be a member of the Windows SharePoint Services Contributor group. For more information, see Team Foundation Server Permissions.

To upload a document in Team Explorer

  1. In Team Explorer, under the Documents node, right-click the folder where you want to upload the document, and then click Upload Document.

  2. In the Open dialog box, select the document you want to upload. If necessary, use the navigation buttons to locate the document.

  3. Click Open.

    The document is uploaded to the folder you right-clicked.

To upload a document in Windows Explorer

  1. In Team Explorer, expand the Documents node or child node where you want to upload the document.

  2. In Windows Explorer, select the document you want to upload, and then drag the document to the folder or document library under the Documents node.

See Also

Other Resources

Managing Documents in Team Explorer