This topic has not yet been rated - Rate this topic

Team Foundation Build Commands

Visual Studio 2008

Visual Studio 2005

Topics in this section describe the purpose of Team Foundation Build commands and provide usage examples. You can use the TFSBuild.exe command-line tool to run builds from the command-line. It is located in <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE on the Team Foundation Server client computer. You can use the wcfhttpconfig.exe command-line tool to reserve or free a secondary port. It is located in <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies on the build computer.

Note:
Even if you are logged on with administrative credentials, you must open an elevated Command Prompt to perform this function on a server that is running Windows Server 2008. To open an elevated Command Prompt, click Start, right-click Command Prompt, and click Run as Administrator. For more information, see the Microsoft Web site.

In This Section

TfsBuild: Lists the TfsBuild.exe commands with links to topics that detail the syntax and usage.
wcfhttpconfig (Team Foundation Build): Lists the wcfhttpconfig.exe commands with links to topics that detail the syntax and usage.

Related Sections

Team Foundation Build Overview: Provides an architectural overview and explanation of Team Foundation Build.
Working with Build Definitions in Team Foundation Build: Lists topics that describe how to create, modify, and delete build definitions in Team Foundation Build.
Running Builds in Team Foundation Build: Lists topics that describe how to run builds in Team Foundation Build, including standard, local, and scheduled builds.
Working with Team Foundation Build Reports: Lists topics that describe how to view, interpret and modify reports generated by build definitions in Team Foundation Build.
Team Foundation Build Walkthroughs: Lists walkthroughs that demonstrate how to create and modify build types, and how to examine a report that contains results of a build.

Other Resources

Administering Team Foundation Build

Did you find this helpful? Yes No

Not accurate

Not enough depth

Need more code examples

(1500 characters remaining)

Community Additions

ADD