How can I stop Web Deploy resetting my folder permissions?

If you are deploying from Visual Studio you will need to alter your project file to prevent Web Deploy changing the permissions.

To accomplish this, simply navigate to your project and find the file with the extension .csproj

Find the section which looks similar to as follows:

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<propertygroup condition=” ‘$(Configuration)|$(Platform)’ ==’Release|AnyCPU’ “> </propertygroup>

Then include this element:

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<includesetaclproviderondestination>False</includesetaclproviderondestination>

If you placed your  within the ‘Release|AnyCPU’ section but built your project within the Debug configuration, then the  attribute may not invoke on the production server. To make sure your permission is not altered create the  attribute on both the ‘Release|AnyCPU’ and ‘Debug|AnyCPU’ group of your project file.

If you are deploying from Azure DevOps, then include the following within the MSBuild Arguements:

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/p:IncludeSetAclProviderOnDestination=False