MSBuild Advanced Concepts
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The documents in this section describe how to use advanced techniques to improve builds that you run by using MSBuild.
Related Topics
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Batching | Describes how to batch build targets and tasks based on item metadata. |
| Transforms | Explains how to use transforms to enable dependency analysis. |
| Visual Studio Integration | Discusses how to use MSBuild project files when you compile code from the Visual Studio IDE. |
| Building Multiple Projects in Parallel | Describes how to build multiple projects faster on computers that have multiple processors or multicore processors. |
| Multitargeting | Describes how to compile an application to run on any one of several versions of the .NET Framework. |
| Best Practices | Recommends best practices for writing MSBuild scripts. |