Top "Build-server" questions

Build sever is interchangeably used for the machine that is used to compile the application code at a scheduled time and the CI Tools such as Cruise Control, Teamcity etc.

How to find the path to tf.exe from MsBuild

I have an MsBuild file which shells out to TFS using tf.exe for a few things. Unfortunately the tf.…

tfs msbuild build-server
TFS build-server build of branch?

We have a TFS 2008 project with two branches ("Main" and "NewFeature"). Each is a complete, independent "copy" (variant) of the …

tfs mapping branch build-server
Exit code 100 returned from process - error when getting source from TFS

We're intermittently getting this error when fetching source from TFS: 2017-03-23T23:49:31.0591599Z ##[section]Starting: Build solution [SOLUTION-NAME].sln 2017…

tfs version-control build-server
Configuring a TFS2015 build agent fails because agent pool not found. Why?

When configuring a build agent with the use of a PowerShell script, provided by an on-site TFS2015, the script errors …

tfs build-server tfs-2015
MSBuild 15 Tools Version not accepted

I have installed the MSBuild (15.4.0) tools for Visual Studio 2017 on a build server. To do this I used the link …

msbuild visual-studio-2017 build-tools build-server
How to run .NET 4 code analysis on build server

On a Windows Server 2003 R2 with .NET 4 SDK but without Visual Studio 2010, I have tried building a Visual Studio 2010 solution …

.net-4.0 fxcop build-server
Microsoft.WebApplication.targets

I have a problem when I check in my server to my build server (using TFS), but for some reason, …

tfs msbuild build-server
SVN: Release branch and externals?

We have two websites for the same client (main www site and another for the ecommerce site which sits on …

svn release-management build-server
Run TFS with Docker

I've been reading a lot about Docker and its uses. Currently we are using TFS for building and deploying our …

tfs docker boot2docker build-server
Windows Service user account trouble for TFSBuildServiceHost.exe

Experienced a very strange problem today on our TFS2010 build server. Suddenly the build service failed for no apparent reason. …

tfs windows-services tfsbuild build-server