Hi, Currently we are using Cruise control and nant scripts for creating packages and deploying them. I have couple of questions. Please help me to understand MS deploy thoroughly. 1. Can we use packages (zip files) created using nant build scripts along with Web Deployment tool (MS deploy) to deploy...

Hello, I am trying to set up my application in order to make it installable by WebPI. I read this article and finally got my application installable. However, I want it to work under Classic Application Pool, and I don't know how to do it. Regards, Dilyan Rusev

Is there a way to deploy the contents of a local folder to a remote server and at the same time create a new virtual directory for the content on the remote server using MSDeploy? For example, I'd like to use MSDeploy to deploy the contents of "C:\MyWebFolder" to "http://myserver/MyWebApp"...

Is it possible to change the local path of a virtual directory on a remote machine using MSDeploy? We are using IIS 6.0 and need to update the virtual directory's local path with each deployment. Essentially the process goes like this: 1. Build/set up next version of bits to deploy. Place in local...

Hello, I am unable to install the Web Deployment Tool Beta 2 on a Windows 2008 Server machine. The installation does not get beyond the popup that says: "Please wait while the installer finishes determining your disk space requirements." I have let it "wait" for hours and hours without...

Thanks for getting back to me. A dump gives the same error as sync: msdeploy -verb:dump -source:metakey=lm/w3svc/741264133,computerName=XXX,userName=XXX,password=XXX Fatal: StreamMustBeginWithSystemInfo Fatal count: 1

Hi, We've just upgraded our build server and our deployment script is now failing when trying to archive a site. The line in question is msdeploy -verb:sync -source:metakey=lm/w3svc/%metakey%,computerName=XXX,userName=XXX,password=XXX -dest:archivedir=%applicationArchivePath% > D:\codeweavers...

I was able to follow the IIS 6.0 sync directions and it synced all of the www files no problem. With this program can I sync the new websites settings and settings changes over to the new server? We have about 200+ websites. Thanks

Hi, I'm running into this error whenever I try to update a site that is either a) on another server or b) updating between 2 sites on a local box. Here is the script: msdeploy -verb:sync -source:appHostconfig="site1" -dest:appHostconfig="site2" > live.efxnow.com.log and msdeploy...

How with msdeploy i can specify the new AnonymousUser and password when i migrate my website from IIS 6.0 to IIS 7.0. My servers are not in a domain so it's not the same anonymous user. Thanks a lots.