How to configure tfs build agent to create a publishing profile?

Question

I have a utility for building TFS with vs2010.

I use this build template

http://ge.tt/3KQnZuR/v/0?c

On my own machine, I created a new solution in vs2012.

I created a publishing profile

How can I attach this pubxml to the tfs-builder agent instead of the old web deployment project ?

Answer 1

You need to tell TFS to do this by passing the appropriate MSBuild parameters.

• Change build configuration
• Go to the process tab
• In the MSBuild Arguments section, enter the following:

/p:DeployOnBuild=true;PublishProfile=<NameOfPublishProfile>

This should indicate that TFS uses your publish profile when deploying your application.