Visual Studio required to run MSTest test on Team City Build Server?

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We are setting up a Team City build server. On previous VS 2008 projects a full version of Visual Studio has been installed on the build server.

We are now starting a VS 2010 project.

Is it possible to run MSTest tests on the Team City build server without installing Visual Studio?

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It is somehow possible even though quite cumbersome. Have a look at this article - Joachim Rohde
possible duplicate of How to use MsTest in Continous Integration without VS? - Ruben Bartelink
You sure that's for 2010? - Ruben Bartelink
No, I'm not 100 % sure. But I needed to set up a CI-Server last week and had exactly the same problem that we couldn't execute MSTest tests. And after an extensive search I came to the conclusion that it's not possible without VS being installed. I also couldn't find any MSTest standalone-installer like it was announced, on the microsoft site. - Joachim Rohde
Thanks for clarifying - seemed you were recommending executing such config butchery! I route around such madness by switching to a real test framework - Ruben Bartelink

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  1. Download the Visual Studio Agents 2010 ISO: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=1334
  2. Mount/Extract the files and copy them to the agent server
  3. Run AutoRun and select to install Microsoft Visual Studio Test Agent 2010
  4. Install using the default settings
  5. Cancel out of the "configuration" dialog (you don't need the actual Agent running, just the installed libraries)

Your MSTest build step should run just fine now.