msdeploy (Web Deploy) failing with 401 auth issues

Question

I\'m trying to get msdeploy installed and set up. I\'ve installed the remote service on the web server, but all my tests are giving me a 401 unauthorised

Answer 1

For what it's worth. Publishing was working for me and then one day I had this very same issue (401 unauthorised error) Restarting VS2012 resolved the issue. Wish I had tried that before trying out every other solution.