Visual Studio Online website gets deployed to Azure in debug mode

Question

I created an ASP.NET MVC web application project which I commit to Visual Studio Online (Git repo) and is linked to a Windows Azure website for automatic deployment (if all unit tests succeed). My project contains the default Web.Release.config transformation that should remove the Web.config attribute /configuration/system.web/compilation/@debug which should (amongst others) enable script bundling.

It appears the web.config transformation is not executed during deployment, so I guess it doesn't use the Release configuration during build/deployment.

I also don't find a way to alter the default build definition in Visual Studio Online.

How can I get Visual Studio Online/Azure to deploy my project using Release build configuration?

Answer 1

Update your Build Definition to specify you want the build to be a release build. To do this, in Team Explorer, go to the Builds section. Right-click on your build definition and select Edit Build Definition. In the Build Definition settings, click on the Process node. Under 2.Build, set your Configurations to Any CPU|Release.

Here's a screen capture for reference.