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Microsoft.Build.Locator

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Package that assists in locating and using a copy of MSBuild installed as part of Visual Studio 2017 or higher or .NET Core SDK 2.1 or higher.

Last release 10 months ago
25 Nov 2025
Release timing varies
gaps range from 2 weeks to 1.5 years
Some releases are documented
notes for 10 of 21 stable releases
Nothing withdrawn
no release was ever pulled
9 years old
27 releases · first in 2018

Release timeline

27 releases since 2018

Releases

1.11.225 Nov 2025
Nothing published for this version
1.11.118 Nov 2025
Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 18.0.0 to 18.0.1 by Dependabot (@dependabot) [bot] in #359
What's Changed

Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 18.0.0 to 18.0.1 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #359

Update release pipeline to download artifacts by YuliiaKovalova in #358

Make the MSBuild runtime assembly check more correct by Chet Husk (@baronfel) in #360

Bump version from 1.10 to 1.11 by YuliiaKovalova in #362

New Contributors

Chet Husk (@baronfel) made their first contribution in #360

Full Changelog: v1.10.12...v1.11.1

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1.10.126 Nov 2025

Always try to copy logs in official builds by Rainer Sigwald (@rainersigwald) in #347

What's Changed

Always try to copy logs in official builds by Rainer Sigwald (@rainersigwald) in #347
Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.12.0 to 18.0.0 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #348
Bump Nerdbank.GitVersioning from 3.7.115 to 3.8.118 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #350
Bump xunit.runner.visualstudio from 3.0.1 to 3.1.5 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #351
Bump Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Configuration.Interop from 3.12.2149 to 3.14.2075 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #349
Update MicroBuildSigningPlugin version and parameters (#345) by YuliiaKovalova in #346
Add release pipeline configuration for MSBuild by YuliiaKovalova in #352
Bump Nerdbank.GitVersioning from 3.8.118 to 3.9.50 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #355
Add StringTools to do-not-deploy list by Rainer Sigwald (@rainersigwald) in #354
Update MicroBuildSigningPlugin version and parameters (#345) by YuliiaKovalova in #356
Backport changes from main by YuliiaKovalova in #357

Full Changelog: v1.10.2...v1.10.12

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1.10.24 Oct 2025

Fix hostfxr_get_available_sdks_result_fn array size type. by Tom Deseyn (@tmds) in #340

What's Changed

Fix hostfxr_get_available_sdks_result_fn array size type. by Tom Deseyn (@tmds) in #340
Auto-generate binding redirects only when targeting .NET Framework. by Theodore Tsirpanis (@teo-tsirpanis) in #338
Modernize DotNetSdkLocationHelper and hostfxr interop. by Theodore Tsirpanis (@teo-tsirpanis) in #339
Make SDK resolution error messages more helpful. by Theodore Tsirpanis (@teo-tsirpanis) in #341
Bump version from 1.9 to 1.10 by YuliiaKovalova in #343
Bump version from 1.9 to 1.10 (#343) by YuliiaKovalova in #344
Update MicroBuildSigningPlugin version and parameters by YuliiaKovalova in #345

New Contributors

Tom Deseyn (@tmds) made their first contribution in #340

Full Changelog: v1.9.1...v1.10.2

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1.9.131 Mar 2025

Update Microsoft.Build.Locator.csproj to target .net 8 by Jan Provazník (@JanProvaznik) in #330

What's Changed

Update Microsoft.Build.Locator.csproj to target .net 8 by Jan Provazník (@JanProvaznik) in #330

New Contributors

Jan Provazník (@JanProvaznik) made their first contribution in #330

Full Changelog: v1.8.1...v1.9.1

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1.8.131 Mar 2025

Limit CI build triggers by Rainer Sigwald (@rainersigwald) in #285

What's Changed

Limit CI build triggers by Rainer Sigwald (@rainersigwald) in #285
Build with .NET SDK 8 in PR builds by Rainer Sigwald (@rainersigwald) in #286
Bump xunit.runner.visualstudio from 2.5.7 to 2.5.8 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #289
Bump xunit from 2.7.0 to 2.7.1 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #290
Bump xunit from 2.7.1 to 2.8.0 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #293
Bump xunit.runner.visualstudio from 2.5.8 to 2.8.0 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #292
Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.9.0 to 17.10.0 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #295
Bump Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Configuration.Interop from 3.9.2164 to 3.10.2154 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #294
Bump xunit.runner.visualstudio from 2.8.0 to 2.8.1 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #296
Bump xunit from 2.8.0 to 2.8.1 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #297
Bump Nerdbank.GitVersioning from 3.6.133 to 3.6.139 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #298
Bump xunit from 2.8.1 to 2.9.0 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #301
Bump xunit.runner.visualstudio from 2.8.1 to 2.8.2 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #300
Bump Nerdbank.GitVersioning from 3.6.139 to 3.6.141 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #305
Bump Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Configuration.Interop from 3.10.2154 to 3.11.2177 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #306
Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.10.0 to 17.11.0 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #307
Bump Nerdbank.GitVersioning from 3.6.141 to 3.6.143 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #308
Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.11.0 to 17.11.1 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #309
enable tsa and policheck + update upload-artifact version by YuliiaKovalova in #311
Add tsaoptions file by YuliiaKovalova in #312
Bump xunit from 2.9.0 to 2.9.1 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #310
Bump xunit from 2.9.1 to 2.9.2 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #313
Bump Nerdbank.GitVersioning from 3.6.143 to 3.6.146 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #314
Bump Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Configuration.Interop from 3.11.2177 to 3.12.2149 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #316
Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.11.1 to 17.12.0 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #317
Bump Nerdbank.GitVersioning from 3.6.146 to 3.7.112 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #319
Update NuGet package icon. by Theodore Tsirpanis (@teo-tsirpanis) in #318
Bump xunit.runner.visualstudio from 2.8.2 to 3.0.0 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #321
Bump xunit from 2.9.2 to 2.9.3 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #323
Bump xunit.runner.visualstudio from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #324
Bump Shouldly from 4.2.1 to 4.3.0 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #326
Bump Nerdbank.GitVersioning from 3.7.112 to 3.7.115 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #325
Update tsa config by AR-May in #327
Fix area path in tsa config by AR-May in #328
Return SDKs from all dotnet location by Joey Robichaud (@JoeRobich) in #329

New Contributors

Theodore Tsirpanis (@teo-tsirpanis) made their first contribution in #318
AR-May made their first contribution in #327

Full Changelog: v1.7.8...v1.8.1

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1.7.814 Mar 2024

Onboarding MicroBuild by MichalPavlik in #280

What's Changed

Onboarding MicroBuild by MichalPavlik in #280
Add ApplyDotNetSdkEnvironmentVariables for custom MSBuild path(s) by YuliiaKovalova in #283
Update the place for AllowQueryAllRuntimeVersions by YuliiaKovalova in #281
Port the changes from main - ApplyDotNetSdkEnvironmentVariables, AllowQueryAllRuntimeVersions by YuliiaKovalova in #284

Full Changelog: v1.7.1...v1.7.8

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1.7.16 Feb 2024

Update MSBuildLocator.cs by Chris Dai (@chrisdaiii) in #270

What's Changed

Update MSBuildLocator.cs by Chris Dai (@chrisdaiii) in #270
Update condition for max version limitation & add package tags by YuliiaKovalova in #265

New Contributors

Chris Dai (@chrisdaiii) made their first contribution in #270

Full Changelog: v1.6.10...v1.7.1

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1.6.1020 Sept 2023

Enable .NET SDK package validation by Rainer Sigwald (@rainersigwald) in #240

What's Changed

Enable .NET SDK package validation by Rainer Sigwald (@rainersigwald) in #240
Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.7.1 to 17.7.2 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #241
update warning presence in Microsoft.Build.Locator.targets by YuliiaKovalova in #233
add probing of all available path candidates + return missed DOTNET_HOST_PATH set change by YuliiaKovalova in #243
Bump xunit.runner.visualstudio from 2.5.0 to 2.5.1 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #245
Bump xunit from 2.5.0 to 2.5.1 by Dependabot (@dependabot) in #246
Release DOTNET_ROOT handling changes and packages warning presence condition by YuliiaKovalova in #247

Full Changelog: v1.2.6...v1.6.10

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1.6.130 Aug 2023

Update version.json to 1.6

Update version.json to 1.6 (#239)

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1.5.32-g4ed1bab6ff25 Aug 2023pre-release

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1.5.629 Aug 2023

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1.5.56 Sept 2022

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1.5.311 Aug 2022

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1.4.10-g38d95f48148 Aug 2022pre-release

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1.4.6-g7150a203a15 Aug 2022pre-release

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1.4.121 Jan 2021

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1.3.217 Dec 2020

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1.2.15-ge4e3fc36c99 Nov 2020pre-release

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1.2.614 Aug 2019

Reference MicroBuild.Core unconditionally

The conditional reference caused this package to not apply to the .NET Core build, meaning that the NuGet package was only partially signed, not including the netcoreapp2.0 one.

Fixes #71.

Co-authored-by: Ben Villalobos <bevillal@microsoft.com>

Open source →

1.2.23 Apr 2019

Nothing published for this version

1.1.27 Dec 2018

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1.0.3112 Sept 2018

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1.0.1829 May 2018

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1.0.135 Apr 2018

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1.0.7-preview-ge60d679b5322 Feb 2018pre-release

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1.0.5-preview-gc41880f6f815 Feb 2018pre-release

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