.NET Core publication error: "Cannot find msdeploy.exe, install it and try again"

Question

When I try to publish a .NET Core project to the Visual Studio 2015 file system, I get this error:

"Unable to find msdeploy.exe, please install it and try again"

Answer 1

Download and install Web Deploy v3.6(or higher) from Microsoft.

This command in the script deployment should find msdeploy.exe:

Executing command ["C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS\Microsoft Web Deploy V3\msdeploy.exe" -source:manifest=...]

Make sure .exe is in your path (you may have to restart Visual Studio to get the new path).