
The Microsoft.Build namespaces contain types that provide programmatic access to, and control of, the MSBuild engine. is the entrypoint for the Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild.exe).

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Ensure long path support is enabled at the Windows level.Building Building MSBuild with Visual Studio 2022 on Windowsįor the full supported experience, you will need to have Visual Studio 2022 or higher. The changelog has detailed information about changes made in different releases. By invoking msbuild.exe on your project or solution file, you can orchestrate and build products in environments where Visual Studio isn't installed.įor more information on MSBuild, see the MSBuild documentation on. Visual Studio uses MSBuild, but MSBuild can run without Visual Studio. This engine, also known as MSBuild, provides an XML schema for a project file that controls how the build platform processes and builds software.

The Microsoft Build Engine is a platform for building applications.
