Azure Web App deploy: Web Deploy cannot modify the file on the destination because it is locked by an external process

Question

I am using the \"Azure Web App Deployment\" build step in VSTS to publish an ASP.NET Core API to an Azure Web App:

Occasionally, this step breaks with the f

Answer 1

There are some dedicated tasks for asp.net core projects because the deployment process is a little bit different.
You can get those from the marketplace for free, check out DNX Tasks vsts marketplace
Hope that helps!!