TFS 2012 build copy console application to _PublishedWebsites

Question

I am using TFS 2012 build option to build my web application. I have couple of console application in the solution. I want the console application output to be copied to the bin folder. In visual studio, I am doing this by using the copy command in the Post build event command option. But this does not work in TFS builds. The generated exe is not copied to the _PublishedWebsites folder in the BuildAgent directory

Answer 1

Possibility duplicate to Problems with MSBuild OutputPath and OutDir in TFS2010 .

Also give a try wiht this NuGet package, you can install it which will do this.

Answer 2

With TFS 2012 build process template, you need to custom build process template to run the script after building, like the post-build scripts feature in TFS 2013 build process template.

You can refer to this article to custom build process template to achieve your requirement.