Project Description
The MSBuild Extension Pack provides a collection of over 480 MSBuild Tasks, MSBuild Loggers and MSBuild TaskFactories.

A high level summary of what the tasks currently cover includes the following:
  • System Items: Active Directory, Certificates, COM+, Console, Date and Time, Drives, Environment Variables, Event Logs, Files and Folders, GAC, Network, Performance Counters, Registry, Services, Sound
  • Code: Assemblies, CAB Files, Code Signing, DynamicExecute, File Detokenisation, GUID’s, Mathematics, Strings, Threads, Xml, Zip Files
  • Applications: BizTalk 2006 / R2, Email, IIS6, IIS7, MSBuild, SourceSafe, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, StyleCop, Twitter, Team Foundation Server, Visual Basic 6, WMI

Looking to contribute tasks?
Are you an existing library author or do you have a few bespoke tasks that you would like to donate to the community? We appreciate any contribution you can offer, please direct any contributions to feedback@msbuildextensionpack.com. Any required credits will be maintained in the source.

Update: We have been featured in the first dedicated MSBuild Book
Inside The Microsoft Build Engine: Using MSBuild & Team Foundation Build http://www.microsoft-press.co.uk/scripts/product.asp?ref=894804

Update: Attrice MSBuild Sidekick 2.3 now supports the MSBuild Extension Pack
You can find out more on their website http://www.attrice.info/msbuild/index.htm

Last edited Oct 5, 2009 at 8:35 PM by mikeFourie, version 13