如何更新我的 Azure DevOps 内部部署管道任务以包括 MSBuild v17 和 Visual Studio 2022？

Question

How do I update my on-premise, Azure Devops Pipeline tasks to include the new MSBuild v17 and Visual Studio 2022 build tasks?

I found the updated MSBuild task here:
https://github.com/microsoft/azure-pipelines-tasks/tree/master/Tasks/MSBuildV1

I found the old MSBuild v16 task installed here:
C:\Program Files\Azure DevOps Server 2020\Tools\Deploy\TfsServicingFiles\Tasks\Individual\MSBuildV1\

What is the proper method to update this?

Answer 1

You have 2 options.

1. Download the tasks from an existing Azure DevOps organization (cloud version). Then use tfx or PowerShell to upload the upgraded tasks to your Azure DevOps server.
2. Build the tasks from source and publish them to your Azure DevOps server.

I've outlined the process in a blog post:

https://jessehouwing.net/adding-visual-studio-2022-to-azure-devops-server-2020/

The script below is the safest, as it used the exact versions that were pushed to Azure DevOps service.

$tasksToDownload = @("VSBuild", "VsTest", "VsTestPlatformToolInstaller", 
                  "MSBuild", "DotNetCoreInstaller", "DotNetCoreCLI")

$org = "<<insert source org>>"
$pat = "<<insert PAT | Agent Pool (Manage)>>"
$projectCollectionUri = "https://yourtfs/yourcollection"

$url = "https://dev.azure.com/$org"
$header = @{authorization = "Basic $([Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes(".:$pat")))"}

$tasks = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "$url/_apis/distributedtask/tasks" -Method Get -ContentType "application/json" -Headers $header | ConvertFrom-Json -AsHashtable

foreach ($taskName in $tasksToDownload)
{
    $taskMetadatas = $tasks.value | ?{ $_.name -ieq $taskName }
    foreach ($taskMetadata in $taskMetadatas)
    {
        $taskid = $taskMetadata.id
        $taskversion = "$($taskMetadata.version.major).$($taskMetadata.version.minor).$($taskMetadata.version.patch)"
        $taskZip = "$taskName.$taskid.$taskversion.zip"
        Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "$url/_apis/distributedtask/tasks/$taskid/$taskversion" -OutFile $taskZip -Headers $header

        & tfx build tasks upload --task-zip-path "$taskZip" --service-url $projectCollectionUri
    }
}

Answer 2

Until we can update our DevOps version itself, we installed Build Tools 2022 and set the msbuild path (instead of the version) in the build task settings:

Answer 3

make sure your path is correct in the MSBuild.exe task. This will work 100%.

Path to MSBuilde => C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe

Platform => $(BuildPlatform)

Configuration => $(BuildConfiguration)