MSBuild

This page contains reference information for the MSBuild Build Runner fields.

General Build Runner Options

Option	Description
Build file path	Specify the path to the solution to be built relative to the Build Checkout Directory. For example: `vs-addin\addin\addin.sln`
Working directory	Specify the path to the Build Working Directory.
MSBuild version	Select the MSBuild version: .NET Framework or Mono xbuild. Since TeamCity 8.1, Microsoft Build Tools 2013 is also supported.
MSBuild ToolsVersion	Specify here the version of tools that will be used to compile (equivalent to the `/toolsversion:` commandline argument). MSBuild supports compilation to older versions, thus you may set MSBuild version as 4.0 with MSBuild ToolsVersion set to 2.0 to produce .NET 2.0 assemblies while running MSBuild from .NET Framework 4.0. For more information refer to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb383796(VS.100).aspx
Run platform	From the drop-down list select the desired execution mode on a x64 machine.
Targets	A target is an arbitrary script for your project purposes. Enter targets separated by spaces.
Command line parameters	Specify any additional parameters for `msbuild.exe`
Reduce test failure feedback time	Use the following option to instruct TeamCity to run some tests before others.

Code Coverage

To learn about configuring code coverage options, please refer to the Configuring .NET Code Coverage page.

Implementation notes

MSBuild runner generates an MSBuild script that includes user's script. This script is used to add TeamCity provided msbuild tasks. Your MSBuild script will be included with the <Import> task. If you specified a Visual Studio solution file, it will be called from the <MSBuild> task. To disable it, set teamcity.msbuild.generateWrappingScript to false.

Last modified: 20 April 2023