title: The item MY_ARTIFACT_NAME in container XXX could not be found
body: <p>When attempting to configure MS Release Manager based on the tutorial <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/Library/vs/alm/Release/getting-started/deploy-to-azure#website" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Deploying your applications to Azure</a>, modified per <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33917308/vso-vsts-error-when-using-publish-build-artifacts-on-the-host-agent">Error when using Publish Build Artifacts on the host agent</a>, I receive the following exception:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>The item <code>MY_ARTIFACT_NAME</code> in container 56811 could not be found.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>which results in the release being rejected.</p>
  
  <p>I have added the <code>system.debug</code> variable and set it to <strong>true</strong>,(see <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/Library/vs/alm/Build/steps/build/publish-build-artifacts#Q_AQ_Imhavingproblems_HowcanItroubleshootthem" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Publish build artifacts - I'm having problems</a>) but no additional information is provided.</p>
  
  <p>My Visual Studio Build completes successfully and is configured like so:</p>
  
  <p><strong>MSBuild Arguments:</strong></p>
  
  <p><code>/p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:WebPublishMethod=Package /p:PackageAsSingleFile=true
  /p:SkipInvalidConfigurations=true /p:PackageLocation="$(build.stagingDirectory)"</code></p>
  
  <p><strong>Platform:</strong> <code>$(BuildPlatform)</code></p>
  
  <p><strong>Configuration:</strong> <code>$(BuildConfiguration)</code></p>
  
  <p>Copy and Publish Build Artifacts</p>
  
  <p><strong>Contents:</strong> <code>*.*</code></p>
  
  <p><strong>Artifact Name:</strong> <code>MY_ARTIFACT_NAME</code></p>
  
  <p><strong>Artifact Type:</strong> <code>Server</code></p>
  
  <p>My Azure Web App Deployment is configured like so:</p>
  
  <p><strong>Web Deploy Package:</strong> <code>$(Agent.BuildDirectory)\**\*.zip</code></p>