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

You have to define MSBuild in Jenkins => Manage Jenkins => Global Tool Configuration or use a different toolname which is already defined.

${tool 'toolname'}  returns the path defined for a tool in Global Tool Configuration.

Warning: Pay attention to the path defined. Does it point to a folder or to msbuild.exe? You might have to append msbuild.exe:

 ${tool 'VS2017'}\msbuild.exe

A simple snapshot for explaining the concept: