Deploying an Azure Web Site using the new build system in Visual Studio Online
Jun 12, 2015Charles Sterling

Summary
This post details the integration of a new build system for TFS/VSTS that simplifies the process of building ASP.NET web applications, generating web deploy packages, and deploying them to Azure Web Sites. It covers registering Azure subscriptions, creating build definitions using the Azure Website template, and configuring build steps for both single and multiple web site deployments. The post highlights the use of MSBuild parameters like /p:DeployOnBuild=true and /p:WebPublishMethod=Package to create web deploy packages and specifies how to configure the Azure Web Site Deployment build step to reference these packages.