Microsoft.Testing.Platform.MSBuild 2.4.0

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.NET 8.0 This package targets .NET 8.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. .NET Standard 2.0 This package targets .NET Standard 2.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. 
dotnet add package Microsoft.Testing.Platform.MSBuild --version 2.4.0
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.Testing.Platform.MSBuild -Version 2.4.0
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Testing.Platform.MSBuild" Version="2.4.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Testing.Platform.MSBuild" Version="2.4.0" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Testing.Platform.MSBuild" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add Microsoft.Testing.Platform.MSBuild --version 2.4.0
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: Microsoft.Testing.Platform.MSBuild, 2.4.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package Microsoft.Testing.Platform.MSBuild@2.4.0
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=Microsoft.Testing.Platform.MSBuild&version=2.4.0
                    


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#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.Testing.Platform.MSBuild&version=2.4.0
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

Microsoft.Testing.Platform.MSBuild

Microsoft.Testing.Platform.MSBuild provides the MSBuild tasks needed for Microsoft.Testing.Platform, including entry-point generation and test configuration file support.

Microsoft.Testing.Platform is open source. You can find Microsoft.Testing.Platform.MSBuild code in the microsoft/testfx GitHub repository.

Install the package

dotnet add package Microsoft.Testing.Platform.MSBuild

Usage

No manual API call is required. Referencing the package imports its MSBuild integration, which generates the test application entry point and copies testconfig.json to the output directory. Test framework packages normally reference this package transitively.

Command-line option argument defaults can be authored directly in testconfig.json:

{
  "commandLineOptionDefaults": {
    "report-trx-filename": "{asm}.trx"
  }
}

SDKs and shared build infrastructure can supply the same defaults through MSBuild:

<ItemGroup>
  <TestingPlatformCommandLineOptionDefault Include="report-trx-filename" Value="{asm}.trx" />
</ItemGroup>

These defaults are passive: they do not enable --report-trx or any other feature. An explicit command-line value or active commandLineOptions entry takes precedence. If both testconfig.json and MSBuild define the same default, the value in testconfig.json wins.

About

This package provides:

  • Entry-point generation: generates the required entry point for Microsoft.Testing.Platform test projects
  • Configuration file support: generates $(AssemblyName).testconfig.json from the project configuration and any TestingPlatformCommandLineOptionDefault items
  • dotnet test compatibility: enables running MTP-based test projects through the VSTest-based dotnet test command on .NET SDKs

This package is typically not referenced directly. Instead, test framework packages (such as MSTest) reference it automatically.

Documentation

For this package, see https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/testing/microsoft-testing-platform-intro#use-dotnet-test.

For comprehensive documentation, see https://aka.ms/testingplatform.

Feedback & contributing

Microsoft.Testing.Platform is an open source project. Provide feedback or report issues in the microsoft/testfx GitHub repository.

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