Here’s the target I defined in Directory.Build.props file:

 <Target Name="BuildAndDeployTools" BeforeTargets="Build" >
   <Message Text="Building Tools Solution ..." Importance="high"/>
   <MSBuild Projects="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)/tools/tools.sln" Properties="Configuration=Release;Platform=Any CPU"/>
   <Message Text="Tools Solution is built." Importance="high"/>
 </Target>

But when I build my solution I get the following error:

C:Program Filesdotnetsdk8.0.204SdksMicrosoft.NET.SdktargetsMicrosoft.PackageDependencyResolution.targets(266,5): error NETSDK1004: Assets file ‘toolsDiscoveredTestsAsJsonTestLoggerDiscoveredTestsAsJsonTestLogger.Testsobjproject.assets.json’ not found. Run a NuGet package restore to generate this file.

My assumption would be that Build target is called for the tools solution.

If I explicitly specify Targets="Build", I still get the same error.

If I specify Targets="Restore,Compile", I get error from .sln.metaproj file:

toolstools.sln.metaproj : error MSB4057: The target “Compile” does not exist in the project.

If I just run dotnet msbuild .tools.sln /Target:"Restore;Build" on clean tools solution it is built without any issue.