Configure Microsoft Source Analysis

Last friday Microsoft released the first version of Source Analysis (also known as StyleCop) for C# via the new Source Analysis webblog. A lot of developers complained about the lack of configuration options for this tool. After some digging I found the solution.

The configuration section is found under your visual studio project file:

After pressing the Source Analysis Settings option you will get the following form:

Ajust the settings you would like and press apply/ok.

If you wish to keep your adjusted settings for all your projects, do the following steps: 

• Go to your Microsoft Source Analysis installation directory (default: C:\program files\Microsoft Source Analysis Tool for C#)
• Locate and backup the Settings.SourceAnalysis file
• Go to your project directory where you ajusted the Microsoft Source Analysis settings and locate the Settings.SourceAnalysis
• Copy the Settings.SourceAnalysis to the Microsoft Source Analysis installation directory.
• Now all the changes you made are the default settings.