How to make TFS deploy ASP.net Web App after successful build?

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I am trying to set up one of my ASP.net projects for continuous integration with TFS. Amongst my requirements, I need to set up TFS so that each time there is a successful build with passing tests, the ASP.net code should be deployed to my development web server.

What I have done so far is I have set up a private agent behind my firewall (so that the agent has a "line of sight" to the development web server. I've set up a build that runs all unit tests, and I have the gated check-in setup up so that the build is rejected if the tests don't pass.

I can see that the build artifact is created by the agent, but I am stuck with trying to figure out how to actually deploy the artifact to the development web server.

I have my publish profiles in Visual Studio, but I'm guessing that those are useless in TFS.

Have you looked at the documentation? learn.microsoft.com/en-us/vsts/build-release/actions/… — Daniel Mann
– Daniel Mann, Commented Nov 13, 2017 at 21:20
Yes, I read that document you linked. It doesn't so much as tell me how to specify what server I want to deploy to! — Vivian River
– Vivian River, Commented Nov 13, 2017 at 22:05
It's just like creating a build: Compose a deployment out of the available tasks. If a task doesn't exist to do what you want, write your own or find something on the marketplace that does it. This question is too broad as-is. — Daniel Mann
– Daniel Mann, Commented Nov 13, 2017 at 22:40

Andy Li-MSFT · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-17 06:20:34Z

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You can refer to below link and follow the steps mentioned in the article to deploy the artifact to the web server:

For the publish profiles, you can pass parameters into MSBuild during the building in TFS, eg : /p:DeployOnBuild=true;PublishProfile=MyProfile

Reference below threads to use the Publish Profiles:

edited Nov 17, 2017 at 6:20

answered Nov 16, 2017 at 9:57

Andy Li-MSFT

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