In this article, we will go step by step to Deploy Visual Studio solution to Azure Web App using Powershell.

You will Learn

About PowerShell Commands Regarding Azure Web App
How to Create Publish Visual Studio Solution as a File System
How to Publish local zip file to Azure Web App

Getting Started with Azure PowerShell for Web App

To learn about how to Configure Azure Subscription to PowerShell & how to Create, Check availability of Name, Delete & Run Web App on Microsoft Azure Please refer below article:
Azure PowerShell Commands for Web App

Deploying an Azure Web App

Step 1: Create an Azure Web App using PowerShell

New-AzureWebsite -Location "South India" -Name "azurewebapppsdemo"

Note: Wait for few seconds to create web app.

Step 2: Start Visual Studio & Create a New Project.

Step 3: Choose “Empty” ASP.NET Template & click on OK button.

Step 4: Right click on Project Name -> Add -> New Item…

Step 5: Add HTML Page file & name it as index.html

Note: you can also add Web Form or any other page.

Step 6: Add some text into index.html file
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> < head> <title></title> <meta charset="utf-8" /> </head> <body> <h1>Azure Web App PowerShell Demo</h1> </body> </html>

Step 7: Again right-click on Project Name & click on “Publish” option.

Step 8: Different options are available as a publish target but we are selecting “Custom” option.

Enter Profile name. Ex. WebApp

Change Publish method to “File System”. Also, set Target location

Create new folder to publish the project

Click on Next button
Configuration: Release
Check “Delete all existing file prior to publish” option

Click on Publish button

Wait for few seconds to publish the project

Step 9: Run PowerShell & enter the below command to build the project

msbuild E:\Azure\webapp01\WebApplication1\WebApplication1.sln /p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:PublishProfile=WebApp /p:VisualStudioVersion=14.0

Note: enter solution path with extension like .sln
/p:DeployOnBuild=true -> Deploy on Build
/p:PublishProfile=WebApp -> Enter publish profile name.
/p:VisualStudioVersion=14.0 -> This Project developed using Visual Studio 2015 so enter visual studio version.

if “Build Succeeded” after go to next step otherwise please check for the error.

Step 10: Now we will upload or publish the local folder to cloud.
$source = "E:\Azure\webapppublish"

Note: Project published folder path as a source
$destination = "E:\Azure\webapppublish.zip"

Note: enter new .zip file name as a destination
Add-Type -assembly "system.io.compression.filesystem" [io.compression.zipfile]::CreateFromDirectory($source,$destination)

Note: Create new directory using this command
Now you have .zip file or website package file to publish as AzureWebApp
Publish-AzureWebsiteProject -Package E:\Azure\webapppublish.zip -Name azurewebapppsdemo