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I am trying to create a package after a build in TFS 2010.

When I launch the following command on my computer:

 MSBuild.exe Fenicorp.Front.Web.FunnyApplication.sln 
 /p:DeployOnBuild=true;DeployTarget=Package

the solution is compiled and there is a package inside the obj folder.

However, when I specify 

 /p:DeployOnBuild=true;DeployTarget=Package

as MSBuild Arguments in a Build Definition and queue a new build, there is no package in my drop folder. Moreover the build status is Successfull, as if everything is fine.

alexandrekow
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  • Check on the build agent -- did the package get created there? Maybe it just isn't being copied to the drop location? – Brian Kretzler Jun 30 '11 at 17:14
  • Where should I look on the build agent? – alexandrekow Jun 30 '11 at 20:17
  • In the BuildTemp folder on the server where the build agent is running. – Mike Veigel Jun 30 '11 at 20:24
  • I didn't find a BuildTemp folder on the server but I found this folder: C:\Users\builduser\AppData\Local\Temp\TFSTemp which is empty. I found out where the build agent put the files, but it turns out the build agent folder contains exactly the same thing that the drop folder. – alexandrekow Jul 01 '11 at 09:09

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Eventually I managed to make it work. I needed to install Visual Studio 2010 on the build server in order to have MSBuild to work with these arguments.

alexandrekow
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  • I had this same issue which was doing my nut. It's so annoying that you need to install VS to make it work!! – David Masters Oct 13 '11 at 16:07
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    Very likely - all you need to do is install the associated target file not all of Visual Studio.. – fuzzbone Jan 13 '12 at 22:14
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    You do not need VS on the build machine, see this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13352546/tfs-build-definition-not-deploying-mvc-application-to-iis/13983872 – cederlof Aug 19 '13 at 12:17