Build and Deploy a Web Application with TFS 2017 using Web Deploy Package

Question

My problem is similar to this

Build and Deploy a Web Application with TFS 2015 Build

But, the solution is not working for me. I am working on Continuous Int

Answer 1

To pass parameters into MSBuild you need a .pubxml file (called the publishing profile) within the PublishProfiles folder under your project properties folder. This is why using /p:DeployOnBuild=true;PublishProfile=MyProfile as the msbuild arguments. More details please refer Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi in this question: How do I configure MSBuild to use a saved publishProfile for WebDeploy?

If you want to generate Artifacts please make sure you also use the Publish Build Artifacts build step. Copy the Artifacts of the Build and Publish the Artifacts to Drop Location on the Server. This will be the location to later on pick the build artifacts for the Release. The files will locate at the staging folder-- Build.StagingDirectory something like agent/_work/2/a

For more details take a look at this topic Visual Studio Team Services Release Management IIS Web Deployment vnext

Answer 2

Nothing was working until I was looking into the TFS options for Build Definitions and when you have to select a template for the definition, you can see two options Build and Deployment, I was selecting Build's template but I tried with a Deployment option :

and by default in the MSBuild Arguments the parameter is :/p:OutDir="$(build.binariesdirectory)\\"

In that folder we have everything we need for the deployment.