MS-Build 2017 “Microsoft.WebApplication.targets ” is missing

Question

I\'m trying to upgrade our buildserver (jenkins) from Visual Studio 2015 to 2017. We\'re building via MS-Build. I\'ve downloaded and installed MS-Buld tools as described in

Answer 1

I just use Visual Studio Installer to update Visual Studio Community 2017, then the problem is solved.

Answer 2

Copy WebApplications folder from

C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0

to

C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v15.0

Or in your build script add the following line before compiling

Copy-Item "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\WebApplications" "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v15.0\WebApplications" -Recurse -Force

Be sure to run it with elevated permissions