MSBuild Guard Visual Studio Extension

MSBuild Guard for Visual Studio provides inline project risk visibility and trust workflows inside Visual Studio 2026.

Target

• Visual Studio 2026 (Community, Professional, Enterprise), amd64
• Target framework: .NET Framework 4.7.2

Main features

• Automatic scan on solution open
• Automatic scan after NuGet restore and package changes
• Status bar shield indicator (green / orange / red)
• Project Security Review and Solution Security Review tool windows
• Project filtering in Solution Security Review with scope-correct summaries
• Bottom Reasoning panel in review windows for selected finding context
• Double-click finding navigation to source file and location
• Policy Editor with machine, solution, and project scope selection
• Policy save triggers rescan and refreshes shield + open review windows
• Build enforcement with interactive blocker dialog (step/rule/risk context, Continue/Cancel)
• Security menu commands for review, policy editing, and baseline creation
• Output window progress logging for scan and NuGet package analysis activity