Microsoft Team Foundation is a set of tools and technologies that facilitate software development in teams. Among other features, it provides build management capabilities and allows teams to set up and perform regular builds. Automated Build Studio integrates into Team Foundation Server to provide you with more powerful, efficient and better maintainable automated builds.

Easily Integrate Third-Party Tools Into Team Builds

Automated Build Studio delivers a seamless integration with a wide range of tools used during software development, including compilers (both Microsoft’s and non-Microsoft), installation builders (InstallShield, Wise and others), testing tools (NUnit, MSTest, TestComplete and others) and much more — over 170 in total. All of this can easily be integrated into your team builds using Automated Build Studio.

Visually Configure the Build Process

Automated Build Studio provides a visual designer for the automated build processes. You can add and arrange build steps using drag-and-drop and configure their parameters visually.

Automated Build Studio also visualizes Team Foundation Build configuration files (TFSBuild.proj) and arbitrary MSBuild projects, so you no longer have to deal with raw XML when modifying your team build files.

Enhance Team Builds

You can customize your team builds with Automated Build Studio macros to perform any specific task, or you can have the entire team build process performed with Automated Build Studio macros while leaving Team Foundation Server in control of the workflow management and reporting. Either way, build definitions can be enhanced with Automated Build Studio using a single command in Team Explorer.