Build ASP.NET 4.5 without Visual Studio on Build Server

Question

Its been a while since I setup a Build Server so maybe I\'ve forgotten something or maybe .NET 4.5 is different from whatever version I did this with last time, but here is

Answer 1

My dept. likes taking a minimalistic approach to what's installed on our Win 7 build machines. However, we don't like just copying and pasting files/folders because of potential registry key issues. Instead of installing VS 2013, I installed the following much smaller and free components. Now the dev team can build VS 2013 web apps successfully.

• .Net Framework v4.5.1, required to install the tools - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40779
• MS Build Tools 2013, we needed the C# compiler - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2013/07/24/msbuild-is-now-part-of-visual-studio.aspx
• MS VS 2013 Isolated Shell, we needed the web app targets - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40764.