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copied!<p>Unfortunately, there is no supported or easy way around having to install VS on the build agent machine in 2005 or 2008 (<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jimlamb/archive/2008/11/03/integrating-dependencies-into-team-build-2010.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">There will be a test agent installer in 2010</a>). UPDATE: <a href="http://aspadvice.com/blogs/ssmith/archive/2008/03/18/Continuous-Integration-Setup-with-MSTest.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">See this post from Steve Smith for more info which says pretty much the same thing</a></p> <p>It's not just a matter of the assemblies being missing - if you want to run the tests, the runner is not just a separate little EXE and a DLL.</p> <p>Yes, hard to believe! Needless to say, very few other test frameworks on the planet have this restriction, so unless you have a lot of tests, you could consider moving, for a variety of reasons which are covered in many places, example: <a href="http://joeydotnet.com/blog/archive/2006/12/25/15.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The fundamental problems and impracticality of using MSTest</a>...</p> <p>EDIT: Prompted by Rihan's reply, I binged up the following <a href="http://www.shunra.com/shunrablog/index.php/2009/04/running-mstest-without-visual-studio/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Running mstest without Visual Studio.</a> - It's not fully supported, but it 'works'...</p> <p>EDIT 2: <a href="http://www.christophdebaene.com/blog/2008/10/16/running-mstest-without-visual-studio-gallio-to-the-rescue/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Running MSTest without Visual Studio - Gallio to the rescue</a> looks a lot more promising in terms of being supported and non-hacky. NB see @Johannes Rudolph's comment on this post tho'</p> <p>EDIT 3: Added info re 2010 status on this question</p> <p>NOTE: I have a similar question for 2008 regarding what's required to support the /publish parameter of MSTest:- <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1062994/running-mstest-exe-publish-on-a-teambuild-server-what-are-the-prerequisites">Running MSTEST.exe /publish on a TeamBuild server, what are the prerequisites?</a></p>

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