Error TF30063: You are not authorized to access … \DefaultCollection

Question

I\'m using TFS Preview (Team Foundation Service) with one of my projects with Visual Studio 2012. I\'m also using an on-premises TFS server with most of my projects. When I

Answer 1

When Visual Studio prompted me for Visual Studio Team Services credentials there are two options:

1. Use a "Work or School"
2. Use a "Personal" account

In my situation I was using a work email address, however, I had to select "Personal" in order to get connected. Selecting "Work or School" gave me the "tf30063 you are not authorized to access..." error.

For some reason my email address appears to be registered as "personal" even though everything is setup in Office 365 / Azure as a company. I believe the Microsoft account was created prior to our Silver Partnership status with Microsoft.