Visual Studio 2017 -TFS - Organise folder structure output

Question

I'd like to organise my file in the same structure that it is built:

Solution1
- project1
- project2

Currently I dealt with the output path of each project (..\bin\NameProject) to have this:

Solution1
- project1
- project2

But in each project (so in project1 and project2), I find all the DLLs/executables from all projects. I want that the output of project1 receives only DLLs/executable from project1, the same thing for project2.

Then, I think to fix that with build process template (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd647551(v=vs.120).aspx), so I have this structure:

*BuildProcessTemplate
- -BuildProcessSource
  - Templates (with my CustomTemplate.xaml inside)
Solution1
- -project1
- -project2

But I don't know how this step could help me. Maybe it's not the good way. Do you have an idea?

Thank you for helping me!

EDIT

What I want as ouput exactly for instance:

Solution1
  project1
     including all output (DLLs) from project 1
  project2
     including all output (DLLs) from project 2

What's the purpose? You need because you have different versions of the same Assembly or to simply collecting Artifacts? What have you tried for the **Output Location** setting? — Giulio Vian, Mar 29 '17 at 09:54
I edit my first message, for each project I have as output path:..\bin\nameProject\ (with the proper project name of course) — FrankVDB, Mar 29 '17 at 10:47

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

Actually, you don't need to customize your build process template. You could add this MSBuild parameter in your build definition and have a try. For more detail, please refer to this blog.

 /p:GenerateProjectSpecificOutputFolder=True

And the Output Location still set to SingleFolder.

Here is another case which have the similar question with you, you could also refer to those replies in this link. What's the best way to get TFS to output each project to its own directory?

Visual Studio 2017 -TFS - Organise folder structure output

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