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Team Build Error: The Path … is already mapped to workspace

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Use the command line utility TF – Team Foundation Version Control Tool (tf). You can get a list of all workspaces by bringing up a Visual Studio Command Prompt then changing to your workspace folder and issuing the following commands: C:\YourWorkspaceFolder>tf workspaces /owner:* You should see your problem workspace in the list as well as … Read more

How can I install the VS2017 version of msbuild on a build server without installing the IDE?

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The Visual Studio Build tools are a different download than the IDE. They appear to be a pretty small subset, and they’re called Build Tools for Visual Studio 2019 (download). You can use the GUI to do the installation, or you can script the installation of msbuild: vs_buildtools.exe –add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.MSBuildTools –quiet Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.MSBuildTools is a “wrapper” … Read more

Microsoft.WebApplication.targets was not found, on the build server. What’s your solution?

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To answer the title of the question (but not the question about the output you’re getting): Copying the following folder from your dev machine to your build server fixes this if it’s just web applications C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v10.0\WebApplications Remove x86 according to how your build breaks. If you have other project types you will probably … Read more