MS Web Deploy - The complete install that doesn’t install everything
I ran into an issue while setting up Web Deploy 3.5 on a Windows Server 2012R2 machine; I did a complete install assuming that all features would naturally be installed. I was getting mysterious 404 errors when trying to connect to the MsDeploy.axd...
It turns out that the "IIS Deployment Feature" functions are not installed in a complete install. The solution is to pick the custom install and tick all the boxes.
More info here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13870561/getting-a-404-from-wmsvc-via-msdeploy-exe
if you are seeing 403: Forbidden errors make sure that you have enabled remote connections. Click on the server node in IIS, and then open Management Service to find this option.
