How do I use VS2010 One-Click Publish (MsDeploy) to deploy remotely from the command line?

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Published on 2010-05-10T06:49:04Z Indexed on 2010/05/10 6:54 UTC
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On the remote web server I have installed the remote service http://x.x.x.x/MsDeployAgentService.

If I use the Web Application Project's Publish command in VS2010 I can successfully publish to this remote web server and update a specific IIS website.

What I want to do now is execute this capability from the command line.

I am guessing it is two steps. First build the web application project using the relevant build configuration:

msbuild "C:\MyApplication\MyWebApplication.csproj" 
        /T:Package /P:Configuration=Release

Then issue the MsDeploy command to have it publish/sync with the remove IIS server:

msdeploy -verb:sync  
         -source:package="C:\MyApplication\obj\Release\Package\MyWebApplication.zip" 
         -dest:contentPath="My Production Website",
          computerName=http://x.x.x.x/MsDeployAgentService,
          username=adminuser,password=adminpassword

Unfortunately I get an the error:

Error: (10/05/2010 3:52:02 PM) An error occurred when the request was processed on the remote computer.

Error: Source (sitemanifest) and destination (contentPath) are not compatible for the given operation. Error count: 1.

I have tried a number of different combinations for destination provider but no joy :(

Has anyone managed to replicate VS2010 Web Application Project "One Click" Publish from the command line?

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