Using MSTEST in a BUILD without VS IDE

Question

I see MSTEST lives in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE

Might MSTEST be available so we can use on a BUILD server (along with part of the VS install for just the unittest framework) to execute the TEAM TESTS in a VS2005 Test Project as part of a BATCH BUILD ? Is it available without having to install the VS2005 IDE on the build server similar to how you can just select that UNITTEST framework option install without the IDE being installed from the VS2005 install ?  Its nice to have access to MSBUILD via the Frameworks to use with BUILD options but for testing, how can we get that MSTEST functionality without installing the IDE or the VSTS suite on the build server ?

Answer 1

Hello
You need  Visual Studio Team Edition for Testers installed on the build box in order to use mstest.exe. See the following MSDN docs on Team build.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181712.aspx

Thanks
Brian [MSFT]
Microsoft Developer Support
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Answer 2

It is possible,
You should read my post on: http://tikotal.blogspot.com/2009/01/running-mstest-without-visual-studio.html

Answer 3

no, just try out this solution [17:36:02] Andrey Voloschuk: http://mindinthewater.blogspot.com/ without installing any thurd party tools and components