How do you schedule a TFS 2008 build to run every hour?

Question

"New Build Definition" in Team Explorer doesn't allow you to force a build to run more frequently than once every 24 hours. Is this possible?

I want the tests to run every hour regardless of whether any changes have been checked in.

I think this is possible by creating a scheduled task but I'd rather keep the solution in TFS if possible.

Thanks, Chris

Answer 1

"I want the tests to run every hour regardless of whether any changes have been checked in." - Why? What would this achieve? If nothing has changed, then it is pointless rebuilding.

Suggest you set up to queue a build on checkin.

Answer 2

Thanks for your suggestions.

I achieved what I was after by running the following command in a scheduled task:

TFSBuild start <<TeamFoundationServer>> <<TeamProject>>
 <<BuildTypeName>>

Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb668975.aspx

Cheers, Chris