Not able to publish to Azure app service getting the error : Error ERROR_USER_UNAUTHORIZED

Question

Hi,

i am trying to publish a very simple app to Azure app service but i keep getting the below error :

I use a MS work account to sign into Visual Studio. I am getting this issue with 2019 and 2022 versions. As its a Azure active directory user, i am able to login in to azure portal from this use and other services as well. I am not which account to use and how to authenticate, other than using the WORK account .

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Error Web deployment task failed. (Connected to the remote computer ("wafdemo212.scm.azurewebsites.net") using the Web Management Service, but could not authorize. Make sure that you are using the correct user name and password, that the site you are connecting to exists, and that the credentials represent a user who has permissions to access the site. Learn more at: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=221672#ERROR_USER_UNAUTHORIZED.) WAFSQLDemo 0

Answer 1

I found the answer in my case. I had set up VS 2022 and my solution on a new machine. The fix was to get the FTPS password from the Azure App Service portal. Once I pasted this into the connection settings for the web deploy it worked.

Hope this helps someone.

Answer 2

@Divya Ghai 's answer to check through Configuration settings for FTP state: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/deploy-ftp?tabs=portal also helped. Thanks to @Phil Crompton 's answer as well!