Implementing Deployment Markers in Application Insights
Nov 6, 2013Anisha Pindoria

Summary
This post details the technical steps to enable and configure deployment markers in Application Insights. It explains how to modify project files to include `GenerateBuildInfoConfigFile` and `IncludeServerNameInBuildInfo` properties, and how to use an `AfterBuild` target to ensure the `BuildInfo.config` file is copied to the correct location (alongside `Web.config`). It also outlines the PowerShell command `Start-WebApplicationMonitoring` to enable monitoring and the subsequent creation of availability tests to visualize deployment markers alongside performance data.
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