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Windows Work flow for TFS Build process Tutorial


Is there any tutorial which is used to create a build Windows work flow for the project solution which has many projects. Needed to create a custom build using the Work flow.

When i used the default template for our solution, the build is getting drop for every project in a single release folder. Our solution has around 70 projects and all the build is dropping into a single folder. How do we customize to make the build of each project has its respective release folder.


Solution

  • The ALM Rangers put out the best tutorial I know of for customizing builds in TFS.

    I work for a large enterprise with MANY TFS builds and we have always avoided changing the build process template. I would challenge you to look at other TFS extension points instead, for example

    • pre/post build/test PowerShell scripts
    • MSBuild
    • MSDeploy
    • TFS API

    Additionally, TFS 2013 introduced a new feature that does exactly what your looking for. Just add /p:GenerateProjectSpecificOutputFolder=True to your MSBuild arguments.

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