Visual Studio 2010, how to build projects in parallel on multicore

Question

I have a big solution with more than 40 projects. Almost half of them are test projects. In my project we use both Code Contracts, Code Analysis, Style Analysis. I want to

Answer 1

You could launch the build in MSBuild in parallel by :

• Setting the attribute BuildInParallel of MSBuild task to true

• Or calling msbuild with the parameter /maxcpucount:X where X specifies the number of worker processes that are involved in the build. This solution better suits your need.

  msbuild [YourSolutionFile.sln] /maxcpucount:4 /p:Platform=AnyCpu;Configuration=Debug;
  

Scott Hanselman wrote a post on that, if you want to integrate (kinda) the process into Visual studio as an external tool.

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For C++ projects you could configure multiprocessor build directly in Visual Studio :

Tools | Options | Projects and Solutions | Build and Run