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Set MS Build output verbosity from build definition for TFS 2013

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This blog post explains how to set the verbosity for the build log from a build definition in TFS 2013.

There are five different levels of verbosity that can be set for the ms build output, from visual studio:

· Quiet
· Minimal
· Normal
· Detailed
· Diagnostic

The details of each of the verbosity level is explained here.

In Visual Studio, MSBuild verbosity can be changed from:  Tools -- Options -- Projects and Solutions-- Build and Run -- MSBuild project build output verbosity

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In TFS 2012, the MSBuild logging verbosity was available a drop – down, within the build definition, in the Basic tab.

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This feature is not available in TFS 2013. To change the verbosity for a TFS 2013 build from the build definition, pass the parameter:

/flp:verbosity="<verbosity>" in the MSBuild arguments section, of the Process tab, in the build definition.

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Content created by – Sreeraj Rajendran
Content reviewed by – Romit Gulati

Comments

  • Anonymous
    August 16, 2016
    Nice one, Title of the page build definition for TFS 2013 yet the instructions are for 2012 which is completely useless as the things you are telling us to change don't exist in the options of 2013. Useless Micsrosoft content as usual
    • Anonymous
      September 05, 2016
      It's clearly mentioned.This feature is not available in TFS 2013. To change the verbosity for a TFS 2013 build from the build definition, pass the parameter:/flp:verbosity="" in the MSBuild arguments section, of the Process tab, in the build definition.