Powershell Msdeploy command error - powershell

Question

I am trying to invoke Msdeploy in powershell , which is part of a teamcity build task.
My script is like this below
$folderName = "packageTmp"
$packagePath = (gci -path %teamcity.build.checkoutDir%\extract -filter $foldername -Recurse | Select-Object -Expand FullName) |Out-String
$azureSite ="%azureSite%"
$azurePublishUrl = "%azurePublishUrl%"
$azureUsername ="%azureUsername%"
$azurePassword = "%azurePassword%"
$localPath =$packagePath
$server ="https://$azurePublishUrl/msdeploy.axd?site=$azureSite,UserName=$azureUsername,Password=$azurePassword,AuthType=Basic"
$remotePath="%azureSite%"
$env:Path += ";C:\Program Files\IIS\Microsoft Web Deploy V3"
function PushToTarget() {
param([string]$server, [string]$remotePath, [string]$localPath)
cmd.exe /C $("msdeploy.exe -verb:sync -source:contentPath=`"{0}`" -dest:computerName=`"{1}`",contentPath=`"{2}`" -whatif" -f $localPath, $server, $remotePath )
}
echo "Server: " $server
echo "remote path: " $remotePath
echo "local path: " $localPath
PushToTarget "$server" "$remotePath" "$localPath"
while i run this i get following error , error stack follows
Error: A '-dest' argument must be specified with the 'sync' verb.
As error says i have included sync keyword already.
what i am doing wrong and how can i rectify it ?
i tried to use following solutions
solution1
stackoverflow post

Answer 1

I don't see a problem in your script but PS can be particular.
Here is how the new ASP.NET 5 PS-based deployment executes MSDeploy.exe maybe this will work better for you:
$webrootOutputFolder = (get-item (Join-Path $packOutput $webroot)).FullName
$publishArgs = #()
$publishArgs += ('-source:IisApp=''{0}''' -f "$webrootOutputFolder")
$publishArgs += ('-dest:IisApp=''{0}'',ComputerName=''{1}'',UserName=''{2}'',Password=''{3}'',IncludeAcls=''False'',AuthType=''Basic''{4}' -f
$publishProperties['DeployIisAppPath'],
(Get-MSDeployFullUrlFor -msdeployServiceUrl $publishProperties['MSDeployServiceURL']),
$publishProperties['UserName'],
$publishPwd,
$sharedArgs.DestFragment)
$publishArgs += '-verb:sync'
$publishArgs += '-enableLink:contentLibExtension'
$publishArgs += $sharedArgs.ExtraArgs
$command = '"{0}" {1}' -f (Get-MSDeploy),($publishArgs -join ' ')
if (! [String]::IsNullOrEmpty($publishPwd)) {
$command.Replace($publishPwd,'{PASSWORD-REMOVED-FROM-LOG}') | Print-CommandString
}
Execute-Command -exePath (Get-MSDeploy) -arguments ($publishArgs -join ' ')