MSBuild DeploymentModel unrecognised error in deploying SSIS package

Question

I created a PowerShell script to automate deployment for SSIS projects and used it in a custom TFS task. Within this task I used a msbuild step to build the SSIS project which keeps failing with this error:

Error MSB4067: The element DeploymentModel beneath element Project is unrecognized.

I built the SSIS projects in visual studio 2015 just fine. I have tried msbuild version 12.0 and 15.0 and they both have the same error. Thank you

Answer 1

When you build your SSIS projects via VS, actually is calling /Build (devenv.exe), not directly using MSBuild.

There is no build-in task that supports building via devenv.exe.Still in the backlog. More details please refer: "Visual Studio Build" build step that actually invokes devenv.com instead of msbuild?

As a workaround, you could try to use 3-party extension task SSIS Build & Deploy for now.