Jenkins: no tool named MSBuild found

Question

Setting up a Pipeline build in Jenkins (Jenkins 2.6), copying the sample script for a git-based build gives: \"no tool named MSBuild found\". I have set MSBuild Tool in Ma

Answer 1

For anyone having this problem and just trying to figure out what 'Tool' represents in Jenkins and where it is configured, see following screenshots:

Go to Manage Jenkins -> Global Tool Configuration:

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Scroll down to MSBuild and click the button to expand the section:

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Here you can see what tool name to use to reference MSBuild (or add one):

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Then you can reference it for example like this: bat "\"${tool '15.0'}\" solution.sln /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=\"x86\" (example is not declarative syntax, but should show the idea)