It is not enough to belong to the “System Administrator” group to be able to import projects from backup in TeamCity. The user has to be in the “System administrator” role for the “Root project”.
To enable the user to import projects into TeamCity
- Click the Administration link in the upper right corner
- In the User Management section click Users
- Click the user name in the list
- On the Roles tab click the + Assign role button
- Set the Role to System administrator
- Set the Scope to Root project
- Select the Replace existing roles with newly selected check box and click the Assign button