title: Web Deploy Failed - sync passes exceeded
body: <p>I haven't found any good answers to this that have worked for me. I am trying to deploy BlogEngine.NET to Microsoft Azure from Visual Studio, and it worked fine up until yesterday. Now every time I try to deploy, I get this message:</p>
  
  <p>Error       Web deployment task failed. (The synchronization is being stopped because the maximum number of sync passes '2' has been exceeded even though all the changes could not be applied. This could occur if there are external changes being made to the destination.)  BlogEngine.NET      0   </p>
  
  <p>The error does not get more specific than that - it doesn't tell me what exactly it failed to do. The application is also configured to use a database.</p>
  
  <p>It will succeed once in a while, but fails ~ 95% of the time. I've also tried stopping the application in the Azure portal before deployment. I also read that increasing the number of sync passes is not recommended. In the past retrying the deployment has solved any issues related to that number.</p>
  
  <p>Any additional suggestions would be appreciated!</p>
  
  <p>-Jeff</p>