I read on MSDN Forums that it is not possible to use other configuration than Release and Debug. This is wrong.

I am using it for Tech Head Brothers Portal, what you have to take care of is how you set your configuration. On the following picture you see how I defined a new Staging configuration and set the Web Deployment Project *WebApplication.csproj_deploy *to build using this configuration.

Then you are able to use it this way in your MSBuild:

<PropertyGroup Condition=“ ‘$(Configuration)|$(Platform)’ == ‘Staging|AnyCPU’ “>
<DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
<OutputPath>.\Staging</OutputPath>
<EnableUpdateable>true</EnableUpdateable>
<UseMerge>true</UseMerge>
<SingleAssemblyName>THB.Portal</SingleAssemblyName>
</PropertyGroup>