App_Offline in MSBuild Remote Web Deploy

Question

I have the following task in my MSBuild script to deploy to a remote server using Web Deploy (MSDeploy service):

Answer 1

This is now supported by WebDeploy v3.0.. all you need to do is add this line into your publish profile in 'Properties\PublishProfiles'

true

So the resulting publish profile will look something like the following.

  
    true
    MSDeploy
    (removed)
    Default Web Site
    True
    True
    False
    WMSVC
    sayedha
    False
    <_SavePWD>True
  

I have tested this and it does take my application offline during deployment, but unfortunately I still occasionally get the 'PrecompiledApp.config is in used' error.

More information about this can be found here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/webdev/archive/2013/10/30/web-publishing-updates-for-app-offline-and-usechecksum.aspx