Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server

1. Open the Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.targets file from Program
Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v8.0\TeamBuild.
2. Check out for edit and open the TFSBuild.proj file for the Team Build type you want
to have failed upon test failure.
3. Copy the RunTestWithConfiguration target from
Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.targets to the end of the TFSBuild.proj file, just
before the closing tag.
4. Modify the ContinueOnError attribute from true to false.
Note: There will be two test tool tasks. Modify the end-to-end task in order to only
modify the behavior of builds on the build server. Use the desktop build task when
building on a developer’s desktop.
Alternatively, if you want all Team Build types to fail upon test failure, you can modify
Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.targets directly. This change will modify behavior for
all Team Build types.
The solution recommended above is straightforward to implement but is not guaranteed
to continue working for future versions of Visual Studio. If you want to implement a
solution that is guaranteed to continue working after upgrade, see Aaron Hallberg’s blog
entry “Determining Whether Tests Passed in Team Build” at
http://blogs.msdn.com/aaronhallberg/archive/2006/09/21/determining-whether-testspassed-in-team-build.aspx
Additional Resources
• For more information about setting up the build to create a work item upon test
failure, see “Create Workitems for Test Failures in TeamBuild” at
http://blogs.msdn.com/nagarajp/archive/2005/10/14/481290.aspx
• For more information about a solution that is guaranteed to continue working after a
Visual Studio upgrade, see “Determining Whether Tests Passed in Team Build” at
http://blogs.msdn.com/aaronhallberg/archive/2006/09/21/determining-whether-testspassed-in-team-build.aspx
Team Build Resources
• For an overview of Team Foundation Build, see “Overview of Team Foundation
Build” at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181710(vs.80).aspx