diff --git a/azure-pipelines-master.yml b/azure-pipelines-master.yml
index d65192b1051..cbecb3b8d40 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines-master.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines-master.yml
@@ -221,6 +221,13 @@ steps:
     CHOCO_TOKEN: $(ChocoleteyPublishToken)
     TOKEN: $(ServiceAccountGithubToken)
 
+- task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1
+  condition: always()
+  displayName: 'upload docfx.zip'
+  inputs:
+    pathtoPublish: 'Documentation\tutorial\artifacts'
+    artifactName: docfx-artifacts
+
 - task: ComponentGovernanceComponentDetection@0
   displayName: 'Component Detection'
   condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables['Build.Reason'], 'PullRequest'))
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diff --git a/azure-pipelines-stable.yml b/azure-pipelines-stable.yml
index c7158bc6a06..db04f095b68 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines-stable.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines-stable.yml
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ steps:
     pwsh: true
     failOnStderr: true
     filePath: 'tools\Deployment\deploy.ps1'
-    arguments: '-targets pack,release'
+    arguments: '-targets pack'
 
 - task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1
   condition: always()
diff --git a/tools/Deployment/config.ps1 b/tools/Deployment/config.ps1
index 4f942d7b2ac..f327187c6c5 100644
--- a/tools/Deployment/config.ps1
+++ b/tools/Deployment/config.ps1
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ $docfx = @{
     targetFolder = "$homeDir\target"
     artifactsFolder = "$homeDir\artifacts"
     exe = "$homeDir\target\Release\docfx\docfx.exe"
-    account = "openpublishbuild"
     releaseNotePath = "$homeDir\RELEASENOTE.md"
     releaseFolder = "$homeDir\target\Release\docfx"
     assetZipPath = "$homeDir\Documentation\tutorial\artifacts\docfx.zip"
@@ -31,9 +30,4 @@ $git = @{
     name = "DocFX CI"
     email = "vscopbld@microsoft.com"
     message = "Update gh-pages"
-}
-
-$sync = @{
-    fromBranch = "dev"
-    targetBranch = "stable"
 }
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diff --git a/tools/Deployment/deploy-tasks.ps1 b/tools/Deployment/deploy-tasks.ps1
index f58eee058ae..c02eed719ee 100644
--- a/tools/Deployment/deploy-tasks.ps1
+++ b/tools/Deployment/deploy-tasks.ps1
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ function IsReleaseNoteVersionChanged {
     param($gitCommand, $releaseNotePath)
     $versionFromTag = GetCurrentVersionFromGitTag $gitCommand
     $versionFromReleaseNote = GetVersionFromReleaseNote $releaseNotePath
+    Write-Host "Version from tag is '$versionFromTag', version from release note is 'v$versionFromReleaseNote'"
     return ("v$versionFromReleaseNote".ToLower() -ne $versionFromTag.ToLower())
 }
 
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ function PackAssetZip {
     Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem
     [System.AppContext]::SetSwitch('Switch.System.IO.Compression.ZipFile.UseBackslash', $false)
     try {
+        Write-Host "Start packing asset zip.."
         $zip = [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::Open($assetZipPath, 'update')
         Get-ChildItem "$releaseFolder\*" -File -Exclude '*.xml','*.pdb' | Foreach-Object {
             [System.IO.Compression.ZipFileExtensions]::CreateEntryFromFile($zip, $_.FullName, (Split-Path $_.FullName -Leaf), [System.IO.Compression.CompressionLevel]::Optimal) | Out-Null
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ function PackAssetZip {
 
 function PublishToNuget {
     param($nugetCommand, $sourceUrl, $artifactsFolder, $apiKey = "anything")
+    Write-Host "Start publishing packages to $sourceUrl.."
     Get-ChildItem "$artifactsFolder/*.nupkg" -Recurse -Exclude "*.symbols.nupkg" | Foreach-Object -Parallel {
         & $using:nugetCommand push $_ $using:apiKey -Source $using:sourceUrl -SkipDuplicate
     }
@@ -74,9 +77,11 @@ function UpdateChocoConfig {
 
 function PublishToChocolatey {
     param($chocoCommand, $releaseNotePath, $assetZipPath, $chocoScript, $chocoNuspecPath, $chocoHomeDir, $token)
+    Write-Host "Start publishing to Chocolatey.."
     $version = GetVersionFromReleaseNote $releaseNotePath
     $nupkgName = "docfx.$version.nupkg"
     $hash = ($assetZipPath | Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256).Hash.ToLower()
+    Write-Host "Use hash '$hash' for chocolatey package verification"
     UpdateChocoConfig $chocoScript $chocoNuspecPath $version $hash
 
     Push-Location $chocoHomeDir
@@ -142,19 +147,7 @@ function GetGithubLatestRelease {
         Uri = "$gitApiBaseUrl/repos/$($userAndRepo)/releases/latest"
         Headers = $headers
     }
-    return Invoke-WebRequest @params
-}
-
-function UpdateGithubRelease {
-    param($id, $description, $userAndRepo, $headers)
-    $params = @{
-        Method = "PATCH"
-        Uri = "$gitApiBaseUrl/repos/$($userAndRepo)/releases/$id"
-        Headers = $headers
-        Body = $description | ConvertTo-Json
-        ContentType = "application/json"
-    }
-    return Invoke-WebRequest @params
+    return Invoke-RestMethod @params
 }
 
 function CreateGithubRelease {
@@ -166,36 +159,25 @@ function CreateGithubRelease {
         Body = $description | ConvertTo-Json
         ContentType = "application/json"
     }
-    return Invoke-WebRequest @params
+    return Invoke-RestMethod @params
 }
 
 function PublishGithubRelease {
     param($description, $userAndRepo, $headers)
     try {
-        $latestReleaseInfo = GetGithubLatestRelease $userAndRepo $headers
+        Write-Host "Getting latest github release.."
+        $latestRelease = GetGithubLatestRelease $userAndRepo $headers
     } catch {
         if ($_.Exception.Response.StatusCode -ne 404) {
             throw "Get github latest release failed($($_.Exception.Response.StatusCode.value__)): $($_.ErrorDetails.Message)"
         }
     }
-    if ($latestReleaseInfo.Content) {
-        $latestRelease = $latestReleaseInfo.Content | ConvertFrom-Json
-        if ($latestRelease.tag_name -eq $description.tag_name) {
-            return UpdateGithubRelease $latestRelease.id $description $userAndRepo $headers
-        }
-        Write-host $latestRelease.tag_name
-    }
-    return CreateGithubRelease $description $userAndRepo $headers
-}
-
-function DeleteAssetByUrl {
-    param($assetUrl, $headers)
-    $params = @{
-        Method = "DELETE"
-        Uri = $assetUrl
-        Headers = $headers
+    if ($latestRelease.tag_name -eq $description.tag_name) {
+        throw "The release to create '$($description.tag_name)' has already been created on Github: '$($latestRelease.tag_name)' with id '$($latestRelease.id)'"
     }
-    Invoke-WebRequest @params
+    Write-Host "Latest release is '$($latestRelease.tag_name)', creating new github release '$($description.tag_name)'.."
+    $release = CreateGithubRelease $description $userAndRepo $headers
+    return $release.id
 }
 
 function UploadAsset {
@@ -211,25 +193,14 @@ function UploadAsset {
 }
 
 function PublishGithubAssets {
-    param($assetZipPath, $userAndRepo, $headers)  
+    param($assetZipPath, $releaseId, $userAndRepo, $headers)  
     $assetInfo = @{
         contentType = "application/zip"
         name = Split-Path $assetZipPath -leaf
         data = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($assetZipPath)
     }
-
-    $latestReleaseInfo = GetGithubLatestRelease $userAndRepo $headers
-    if ($latestReleaseInfo) {
-        $latestRelease = $latestReleaseInfo.Content | ConvertFrom-Json
-        $latestRelease.assets | Foreach-Object {
-            if ($_.name -eq $assetInfo.name) {
-                DeleteAssetByUrl $_.url $headers
-            }
-        }
-        UploadAsset $latestRelease.id $assetInfo $userAndRepo $headers
-    } else {
-        throw "Cannot find any release to upload assets."
-    }
+    Write-Host "Uploading asset to release '$releaseId'.."
+    UploadAsset $releaseId $assetInfo $userAndRepo $headers
 }
 
 function PublishToGithub {
@@ -242,6 +213,10 @@ function PublishToGithub {
     }
 
     $releaseDescription = GetReleaseDescription $releaseNotePath
-    PublishGithubRelease $releaseDescription $userAndRepo $headers
-    PublishGithubAssets $assetZipPath $userAndRepo $headers
+    $releaseId = PublishGithubRelease $releaseDescription $userAndRepo $headers
+    if ($releaseId) {
+        PublishGithubAssets $assetZipPath $releaseId $userAndRepo $headers
+    } else {
+        throw "Invalid github release id '$releaseId' for release '$($releaseDescription.tag_name)'"
+    }
 }
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