Question

I am currently playing with tfs2010 and realized that the build scripts are in fact workflows.

Does anybody know how to run a local build? In 2008 it was simple but 2010 seems tricky not to mention the complexity introduced by the workflow.

Answer 1

I wrote a little about this particular scenario in this MSDN Forums post: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tfsprerelease/thread/08cb37be-dab6-4d76-b920-fa0183a2a18f

Basically, here’s the response I gave to the person asking about the Desktop Build scenario:

As far as the local build scenario,
there is not technically a way to run
the Workflow-based builds locally
(like the former Desktop Build
scenario.) However, end users can
queue private builds using shelvesets
to go through the normal build process
to validate their work. It uses your
existing build infrastructure but will
not perform parts of the default build
process since it’s a “private” build.
That may be a good alternative that
you could take advantage of!