how to use MSbuild to build a Win8 driver without Visual studio installed

Question

I want to build a KMDF driver by WDK8.0 without Visual Studio installed. I looked the msdn, it says the MSBuild do it.

But since the WDK8.0 doesn't contain the compiler, how I can use MSbuild to build a driver without VS2012?

Can anybody explain several words for me? How can I build a windows driver without VS2012.

Answer 1

As far as I’m aware after Microsoft stopped shipping compiler as part of wdk they add requirement to have installed Visual Studio. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/hh852362.aspx#_System_Requirements