Inside the Microsoft® Build Engine: Using MSBuild and Team Foundation Build

Team Build API

Team Build provides a rich application programming interface (API) that allows you to query and manage the build server, build agents, build definitions, and individual builds. There are a number of scenarios where the API is useful:

• Automating administration tasks

• Integrating Team Build into other processes

• Extending the build process beyond MSBuild

Creating a Project

The first step is to create a project that references the required assemblies. In this example, we’ll create a new Console Application called TeamBuildAPI as shown in Figure 11-3:

Figure 11-3. New Project dialog box

Using the Team Build API requires at least three references: ...