title: Building SSIS .dtproj inside a VSTS Hosted Build Agent
body: <p>I'm trying to build a SSIS 2016 project, that's been configured with the Project Deployment model in a VSTS build with the intent to deploy the .ispac file onto a SQL Server VM hosted in Azure.</p>
  
  <p>Using MSBuild to build the project file returns the following error:</p>
  
  <pre>The default XML namespace of the project must be the MSBuild XML namespace. 
  If the project is authored in the MSBuild 2003 format, please add xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" to the  element. 
  If the project has been authored in the old 1.0 or 1.2 format, please convert it to MSBuild 2003 format.</pre>
  
  <p>I found a blog post here describing the same issue</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://speaksql.wordpress.com/2013/06/07/a-journey-to-db-deployment-automaton-ssis-build-using-msbuild/" rel="nofollow">https://speaksql.wordpress.com/2013/06/07/a-journey-to-db-deployment-automaton-ssis-build-using-msbuild/</a></p>
  
  <p>However, the solution depends on installed SQL Server Data Tools into a build agent.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a method where I can use a VSTS Hosted agent, and not have to create an on-premises agent with SSDT installed?</p>