Team Foundation Build Helpful Hint for the Day….

When you create a new build type in Team Foundation Build (note the name change), you need to specify two directories, the build directory and the drop location. The build directory tells TFB where to execute the build. This is a physical directory on the specified build machine. The drop location is a directory share (defined anywhere on your network) that specifies where the compiled bits should be deployed once the build has completed successfully. For the deploy piece to work properly, the useraccount setup to run the Team Build Service (in my case it’s TFSSERVICE)must have WRITE permissions on the share defined in thedrop location. Also, if youdefine your build type to execute tests along with the build, the tester’s user account mustalso have WRITE permissions to publish thetest results.