“Web deployment task failed” error in asp.net MVC project

Question

I have a asp.net mvc project which I am trying to run on VS2013.Though it builds successfully it always gives the below error while running it.

"Web deployment task failed. (Unknown ProviderOption:DefiningProjectFullPath. Known ProviderOptions are:skipInvalid.)"

Any suggestions on how to fix this issue ? I didn't see anything in the event viewer. I followed some queries on stackoverflow related to this issue, but none of them helped me.

I have no clue why this error comes and how to fix it..I am running the web project in my local IIS.

Answer 1

We had the same problem on our build servers. Visual Studio 2013 Premium Update 1 was installed there.

After I've upgraded to VS 2013 Update 2 RC everything worked as before. It comes with a go-live license and you'll be able to update to the RTM, when it's released.

I've got the hint in this comment: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2014/04/02/tfs-2013-2-update-2-released.aspx#10515773