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MSBuild not triggering WebDeploy on Wndows Server 2012 R2

In my development machine I can successfully deploy from Visual Studio 2015 to IIS 8.5 installed on Windows Server 2012 on my local network. 

msbuild projectname.csproj  
/p:VisualStudioVersion=14.0 
/p:DeployOnBuild=true 
/p:DeployTarget=MSDeployPublish 
/p:MsDeployServiceUrl=https://myserver:8172/msdeploy.axd 
/p:AllowUntrustedCertificate=True 
/p:DeployIisAppPath=projectname 
/p:Username=tc 
/p:Password=pass

On my Windows Server I have installed msbuild, webdeploy and webdeploy for hosting services. However, running the same command results in:

0 errors
1 warning (...Conflicts between different versions of the same dependent assembly...) 
Build succeeded

And it doesn’t continue to deploy, no errors , no messages.

Do I have to resolve the warning message for msbuild to deploy or am I missing something else?

Solution

  • Thank you Microsoft for such a great verbose mode of this tool that says absolutely nothing when I tell it to deploy!!!

    The solutions is here:MSBuild not triggering WebDeploy

    It requires both folders to be present on the server:

    C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\WebApplications

    C:\ProgramFiles (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\Web

    I was missing the second one (facepalm).