MSBuild Extension Points How the MSBuild pipeline provides hooks for SDKs, NuGet packages, repos, and users to inject custom logic. CustomBefore / CustomAfter Hooks Every major .targets file defines import hooks: < PropertyGroup
< CustomBeforeMicrosoftCommonTargets Condition = " ' $(CustomBeforeMicrosoftCommonTargets)' == '' "
$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\v$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Custom.Before.Microsoft.Common.targets </ CustomBeforeMicrosoftCommonTargets
</ PropertyGroup
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