How to build and deploy a web deployment package using MSBuild
Web application packaging and deployment automation using MSBuild needs the following steps: Step 0 . Server preparation is covered here How to prepare a Windows Server 2012 for web deployment Configure solution build profiles Configure transformation of web.config file Configure publishing profiles Create a web deployment package with MSBuild script Run deployment from command line Sample solution that includes build script and configured publishing profiles can be downloaded here https://github.com/mchudinov/BuildWebDeployPackage Contents [ hide ] 1. Configure solution build profiles 2. Configure transformation of web.config files 3. Configure publishing profiles 4. Create a web deployment package with MSBuild script 5. Run deployment from command line Share this: The whole build and deployment process can be shown on the drawing Each environment a solution will be deployed to (Production, Staging and Test on the drawing) hase it’s own build configu