Tfs Automation - Create Builds Automatically for New Solutions

I recently wrote a tfs server plugin that creates new builds automatically whenever you add or branch a solution file.  It's fairly simple, but worth sharing.

	using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Framework.Server;
	using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Common;
	using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client;
	using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client;
	public class BuildCreator : ISubscriber
	{
	public string Name
	{
	get { return "Automated Build Creator"; }
	}
	public SubscriberPriority Priority
	{
	get { return SubscriberPriority.Normal; }
	}
	public EventNotificationStatus ProcessEvent(TeamFoundationRequestContext requestContext, NotificationType notificationType, object notificationEventArgs, out int statusCode, out string statusMessage, out Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Common.ExceptionPropertyCollection properties)
	{
	statusCode = 0;
	statusMessage = string.Empty;
	properties = null;
	if (notificationType == NotificationType.Notification && notificationEventArgs is Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Server.CheckinNotification)
	{
	var checkinNotification = notificationEventArgs as Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Server.CheckinNotification;
	TeamFoundationLocationService service = requestContext.GetService<TeamFoundationLocationService>();
	Uri selfReferenceUri = service.GetSelfReferenceUri(requestContext, service.GetDefaultAccessMapping(requestContext));
	TfsTeamProjectCollection tfsTeamProjectCollection = new TfsTeamProjectCollection(selfReferenceUri);
	var versionControl = (VersionControlServer)tfsTeamProjectCollection.GetService(typeof(VersionControlServer));
	var changeSet = versionControl.GetChangeset(checkinNotification.Changeset);
	foreach (var change in changeSet.Changes)
	{
	if ((change.ChangeType & (ChangeType.Add | ChangeType.Branch)) == 0)
	continue;
	if (!Path.GetExtension(change.Item.ServerItem).Equals(".sln"))
	continue;
	var buildDefinitionHelper = new BuildDefinitionHelper(tfsTeamProjectCollection);
	buildDefinitionHelper.CreateBuildDefinition(change.Item.ServerItem);
	}
	}
	return EventNotificationStatus.ActionPermitted;
	}
	public Type[] SubscribedTypes()
	{
	return new Type[] { typeof(Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Server.CheckinNotification) };
	}
	}

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It takes advantage of another piece of code I had previously written (or perhaps found online, I honestly can't remember now) to create builds using the TFS api.

Installing it is very simple, just build the class into an assembly and copy it to c:\Program Files\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 11.0\Application Tier\Web Services\bin\Plugins you may also need to copy a couple of the referenced dlls to the same folder.