How to use msdeploy and target a specific site?

Question

When using msdeploy and the msdeploy.axd handler any attempts to deploy to my remote server is met with a 401 not authorized error and the server logs

IIS

Answer 1

If you use Web Deploy Tool 2.0 you can use IIS Manager UI to enable non-admin users to deploy website:

1. Start IIS Manager
2. Right-click the site you want to publish to, click Deploy and then click “Configure Web Deploy Publishing...”

When you click Setup button Web Deploy grants necessary permissions to selected user. You can discard generated file.

See Announcing Web Deploy 2.0 Refresh!