How to get MSBuild 15 without a full install of Visual Studio?

Question

\"MSBuild is now installed in a folder under each version of Visual Studio.\" However, I do not want to install a full VS on the server. \"MSBuild is now available as part o

Answer 1

MSBuild.exe 15 was found after installing the VS Build Tools with no additional packages selected in the install interface.

Edit: Updated link above to go to older downloads. Expand 2017 panel, click Download, login with a Microsoft account, then you will see Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017 (version 15.0) in the list of available downloads.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe