This presentation is the Introduction to MSBuild that I originally gave at New England Code Camp 10. I will be adding presenter notes and more fleshed out files when I do future presentations on this. I didn't use the PowerPoint file much, but it contains useful links.

Introducing MSBuild.zip (1.66 mb)

 

MSBuild Extensions

FreeToDev MSBuild Tasks Suite

The Suite provides over 160 tasks covering the .Net Framework, BizTalk 2006, IIS7, Team Foundation Server, WMI and more. Every task is provided with clear documentation and a working sample. Where applicable, tasks also provide remote support, e.g. IIS7, GAC etc

MSBuild Community Tasks

The MSBuild Community Tasks Project is an open source project for MSBuild tasks. The goal of the project is to provide a collection of open source tasks for MSBuild.

MSBuild Contrib

A port of NAntContrib with some additional tasks.

SDC Tasks

There are over 300 tasks included in this library including tasks for: creating websites, creating application pools, creating ActiveDirectory users, running FxCop, configuring virtual servers, creating zip files, configuring COM+, creating folder shares, installing into the GAC, configuring SQL Server, configuring BizTalk 2004 and BizTalk 2006 etc.