publishProject.ps1

<#
#
# Publish Project with msdeploy
# -----------------------------
#
# Parameters:
# * publishProfilePath - path to pubxml profile, downloaded from Azure
# * profileName - profile name from VS deploy dialog
# * projectName
#>

param(
	[string]$publishProfilePath,
	[string]$profileName,
	[string]$projectName)

function Get-MSBuildCmd
{
        process
        {

             $path =  Get-ChildItem "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSBuild\ToolsVersions\" | 
                                   Sort-Object {[double]$_.PSChildName} -Descending | 
                                   Select-Object -First 1 | 
                                   Get-ItemProperty -Name MSBuildToolsPath |
                                   Select -ExpandProperty MSBuildToolsPath
        
            $path = (Join-Path -Path $path -ChildPath 'msbuild.exe')

        return Get-Item $path
    }
}

[xml]$profile = Get-Content $publishProfilePath
$publishProfile = $profile.publishData.publishProfile | Where { $_.profileName -eq $profileName }

$solutionDir = (get-item $PSScriptRoot).parent.FullName #the script should be placed in dir where RateItNow.sln located

$password = $publishProfile.userPWD #password from the publish profile
$pathToMsBuild = (Get-MSBuildCmd) #path to MsBuild
$projectPath = $solutionDir + "\" + $projectName + "\" + $projectName + ".csproj"

& $pathToMsBuild $projectPath `
		/p:DeployOnBuild=true `
		/p:PublishProfile="$profileName" `
		/p:SolutionDir="$solutionDir" `
		/p:Password=$password `
		/p:IncludeSetAclProviderOnDestination=False #need to publish correctly to Azure, because Azure FS don't recognize ACL rulesD1ra2pdbo6j1cjvrx93MlyMirFax3QjhmeqvoeKstbfDMCC6H7iesA37iyKo