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

We have to define msbuild which is installed in Global Tool Configuration in script block

stage('App_Build'){
                steps{
                    tool name: 'MsBuild', type: 'msbuild'
                    bat "\"${tool 'MsBuild'}\"My.Service.sln /t:Rebuild /p:Configuration=Release"
}
}

This will work