Cannot deploy web.testing.config to the build server

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I am learning TFS 2010 from scratch and no doubt making every mistake in the book.

I have created a web.testing.config for my build to the test server. In my build process I click the plus sign for "Items to Build" in "1. Required" and I specify "Any CPU | Testing". The build clean compiles but ... I still seem to be using the web.config file I use in development rather than the one I want in testing. The first line in web.testing.config is

This should ensure that any differences in this file are implemented. So I am not sure I am configuring the build properly, or if the web.testing.config is set properly.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:19:53Z

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What you are looking for is a feature called web.config transforms, and it works slightly differently.

In Visual Studio right click on web.config and choose option Create Tranforms -- if you have not done this already.
Read samples on using tranform syntax, the link is in the web..config created for you. You will need it.
In TFS team build, create a separate step in your build template to build deployment package. The command is in this thread. This will create a deployment package -- a file with .zip extension.
To deploy the package, use WebDeploy tool. It has both UI and command line if you want to make it completely automated.

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