Deployment & Production Cycle

How It Works

The way these custom project files work is independent of the mechanism you use to invoke MSBuild. For example, you can use the MSBuild command line directly, as described in Understanding the Project File. You can run the project files from a command file, as described in Create and Run a Deployment Command File. Alternatively, you can run the project files from a build definition in TFS, as described in Creating a Build Definition that Supports Deployment.In each case the end result is the same—MSBuild executes the merged project file and deploys your solution to the target environment. This provides you with a great deal of flexibility in how you trigger your publishing process.