Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server

Scheduler, to run the TFSBuild command utility in order to start builds at regular
intervals.
Summary of Steps
• Step 1 – Create and Test Your Build
• Step 2 – Create the TFSBuild Command Line
• Step 3 – Test the TFSBuild Command Line
• Step 4 – Create a Batch File
• Step 5 – Test the Batch File
• Step 6 – Add a Scheduled Task
• Step 7 – Test the Scheduled Task
Before You Begin
Make sure the account that runs your build service is assigned Start a build = Allow
permission in TFS.
Step 1 – Create and Test Your build
In this step, you create a test build and make sure the team-build works from within
Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE). If the build does not work,
you should fix it before moving on to the next step.
1. Create a Microsoft Windows® Form project that you can use for testing the build.
2. Build the project and make sure that it is working correctly.
3. Check your project into source control
4. Create a team build as follows:
a. In Team Explorer, right-click Team Builds, and then click New Team Build
Type.
b. Complete the self-explanatory Team Build Type Creation Wizard.
5. Perform the following steps to verify that the team build is working:
a. In Team Explorer, double-click the Team Build Project you just created
b. On the Build menu of the Visual Studio instance, click Build Team Project
.
c. Confirm that the correct build type is selected and the click Build
6. Review the build output and make sure that there are no errors in the build process
Important: Make sure that your build services account (TFSService) has Full Control
permission to the shared folder for the drops, as specified in the Team Build Type
Wizard.
Step 2 – Create the TFSBuild Command Line
In this step, you create a command for the TFSBuild utility for the purpose of starting a
build.