According to this MSDN Blog Entry they try to minimize the differences, but those that exist (i.e. Using an integrated C# compiler instead of csc. Exe or setting the BuildingInsideVisualStudio property) are mainly done to optimize the performance of builds.
The main advantage of MSBuild is that you don't need to have Visual Studio installed.
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