Building and Packaging with TFS Team Build

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Microsoft Team Foundation Server is often the ALM platform of choice for BizTalk solutions, and you will most likely want to schedule and automate the builds of your BizTalk solutions using TFS Team Build.  With the Deployment Framework for BizTalk, it's easy to set up an automated build of your BizTalk solution.


Prerequisites on the Team Build server

The prerequisites vary depending on which version of BizTalk you are using.  Here's a list of the software that must be installed on the Team Build server:


BizTalk 2006 R2 and earlier:

  1. Microsoft Visual Studio (same version required by BizTalk)
  2. Microsoft BizTalk Server - Developer Tools and SDK (all Visual Studio integration)


BizTalk 2009:

  1. Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
  2. Microsoft BizTalk Server 2009 - Project Build Component (under Additional Software)


BizTalk 2010:

  1. Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0
  2. Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 - Project Build Component (under Additional Software)


BizTalk 2013:

  1. Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5
  2. Microsoft BizTalk Server 2013 - Project Build Component (under Additional Software)


The following screenshot shows the Project Build Component in BizTalk 2009 and newer:




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