I have sln with multiple csprojs. I want to obtain (in artifacts) project UserUi.csproj, which is .NET Framework MVC app (with references to other libraries inside the sln), ready to be copied onto a server.

By running yml:

  - master

pool:
  vmImage: "windows-latest"

variables:
  solution: "**/*.sln"
  buildPlatform: "Any CPU"
  buildConfiguration: "Release"

steps:
  - task: NuGetToolInstaller@1

  - task: NuGetCommand@2
    inputs:
      restoreSolution: "$(solution)"

  - task: VSBuild@1
    inputs:
      solution: "$(solution)"
      msbuildArgs: '/p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:WebPublishMethod=FileSystem  /p:PackageAsSingleFile=true /p:SkipInvalidConfigurations=true /p:PackageLocation="$(build.artifactStagingDirectory)UserUi"'
      platform: "$(buildPlatform)"
      configuration: "$(buildConfiguration)"

  - task: VSTest@2
    inputs:
      platform: "$(buildPlatform)"
      configuration: "$(buildConfiguration)"

  - task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1
    inputs:
      PathtoPublish: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)UserUi'
      ArtifactName: 'drop'
      publishLocation: 'Container'

Im getting weird “deploy” files, and UserUi.deploy.zip file which contains proper files, but in a path:

UserUi.zipContentD_Ca1s4. SampleLayerUserUiobjReleasePackagePackageTmp

Why is that? How can i just have a one zip (or normal folder) with PackageTmp contents inside?

I will need to publish this (copy to specified folder) artifacts by using Azure agent installed on server, but with this structure i cant.