Web.Config transforms outside of Microsoft MSBuild?

Question

Is it possible to use Microsoft\'s XML document transform, for preparing web.configs, outside of MSBuild? I would like to use PowerShell to do these transform without having

Answer 1

Microsoft has posted XDT to codeplex http://xdt.codeplex.com and as a NuGet package https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Web.Xdt/. I have also created a NuGet pig with an MSBuild task, TransformXml, and an .exe to invoke them https://www.nuget.org/packages/SlowCheetah.Xdt/1.1.6-beta.

For PowerShell I've created a self-bootstrapping script which you can use https://gist.github.com/sayedihashimi/f1fdc4bfba74d398ec5b.

More about self bootstrapping scripts at http://sedodream.com/2014/07/22/StopCheckinginBinariesInsteadCreateSelfbootstrappingScripts.aspx.