Shows how to call msdeploy.exe from powershell

call-msdeploy.ps1

function Execute-CommandString{
    [cmdletbinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=0,ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
        [string[]]$command,

        [switch]
        $ignoreExitCode
    )
    process{
        foreach($cmdToExec in $command){
            'Executing command [{0}]' -f $cmdToExec | Write-Verbose
            cmd.exe /D /C $cmdToExec

            if(-not $ignoreExitCode -and ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0)){
                $msg = ('The command [{0}] exited with code [{1}]' -f $cmdToExec, $LASTEXITCODE)
                throw $msg
            }
        }
    }
}

# in this case there is no space in any argument and the call to msdeploy.exe succeeds
$msdeployExe = 'C:\Program Files\IIS\Microsoft Web Deploy V3\msdeploy.exe'
$packOutput = 'C:\temp\publish\01'
$pubOut = 'c:\temp\publish-no-space\'

$publishArgs = @()
$publishArgs += ('-source:contentPath=''{0}''' -f "$packOutput")
$publishArgs += ('-dest:contentPath=''{0}''' -f "$pubOut")
$publishArgs += '-verb:sync'
$publishArgs += '-disablerule:BackupRule'

'Calling msdeploy to publish to file system with the command: [{0} {1}]' -f $msdeployExe,($publishArgs -join ' ') | Write-Output
$command = '"{0}" {1}' -f $msdeployExe,($publishArgs -join ' ')
Execute-CommandString -command $command

# in this case the call to msdeploy.exe fails with an argument error
$pubOut2 = 'c:\temp\publish with space\'
$publishArgs2 = @()
$publishArgs2 += ('-source:contentPath=''{0}''' -f "$packOutput")
$publishArgs2 += ('-dest:contentPath=''{0}''' -f "$pubOut2")
$publishArgs2 += '-verb:sync'
$publishArgs2 += '-disablerule:BackupRule'

'Calling msdeploy to publish to file system with the command: [{0} {1}]' -f $msdeployExe,($publishArgs -join ' ') | Write-Output

$command = '"{0}" {1}' -f $msdeployExe,($publishArgs2 -join ' ')
Execute-CommandString -command $command