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

Question

We are creating a Team City build server. In previous VS 2008 projects, the full version of Visual Studio was installed on the build server.

Now we are starting the VS 2010 project.

Can I run MSTest tests on Team City build server without installing Visual Studio?

Answer 1

• Download Visual Studio Agents 2010 ISO: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=1334
• Mount / Extract the files and copy them to the agent server.
• Launch AutoRun and choose to install Microsoft Visual Studio Test Agent 2010
• Set using default settings
• Cancel the "Configuration" dialog (you do not need a real agent, only installed libraries)

Your MSTest build step should only work now.