Once an asp.net MVC project has a web deployment project associated with it, there doesn’t seem to be a way to avoid deploying when you build the MVC project. I still want to be able to debug my MVC project locally and avoid deploying new versions of it. How do I configure the web deployment project to skip the deployment step when I’m trying to debug?
To clarify this question a little: I want the build process to deploy when I’m doing a release build, and not deploy when I’m doing a debug build. There should be a way to configure this without having to manually modify the projects in my solution every time I switch between debug and release builds.
In the solution properties, expand Configuration Properties and go to the Configuration item. Each appropriate project has a Deploy Check Box.
I use this to keep reporting projects from deploying on every build.