MsBuild Copy output and remove part of path - msbuild

Question

I have an MsBuild project which builds various solutions and then copies the output of Web Deployment Projects into a destination folder with two sub folder as follows:
The WDP output folders are copied over from the BuildFolder "Release".
DestFolder/PresentationTier/MyProject.xxx0Services_deploy/**Release**/Files...
DestFolder/MidTier/MyProject.xx1UI_deploy/**Release**/Files...
This works but I want to remove the $(Configuration) value from the output.
So the desired output folder layout is to be:
DestFolder/PresentationTier/MyProject.xxx0Services_deploy/Files...
DestFolder/MidTier/MyProject.xx1UI_deploy/Files...
Note the removal of "Release" folder
My code is below.
How can I change this to give the desired out please:
Code extract is as follows
<Target Name="CopyMidTierBuildOutput" DependsOnTargets="CopyPresentationTierBuildOutput" >
<Message Text="Copying midTier Build Output=================" />
<CreateItem Include="$(DeploymentRoot)**/MyProject.xxx0Services_deploy/$(Configuration)/**/*.*;
$(DeploymentRoot)**/MyProject.xxx1Services.Host_deploy/$(Configuration)/**/*.*;
$(DeploymentRoot)**/MyProject.xxx2.Host.IIS.csproj_deploy/$(Configuration)/**/*.*;
$(DeploymentRoot)**/MyProject.xxx3Services_deploy/$(Configuration)/**/*.*;
$(DeploymentRoot)**/Nad.xxx4_deploy/$(Configuration)/**/*.*;
$(DeploymentRoot)**/Nad.xxx5Services.Host_deploy/$(Configuration)/**/*.*;
$(DeploymentRoot)**/Nad.xxx6Services.Host_deploy/$(Configuration)/**/*.*;
$(DeploymentRoot)**/Nad.xxx7Service.Host.IIS_deploy/$(Configuration)/**/*.*;
$(DeploymentRoot)**/Nad.xxx8Services.Host_deploy/$(Configuration)/**/*.*;
$(DeploymentRoot)**/Nad.xxx9Service.Host.IIS.csproj_deploy/$(Configuration)/**/*.*;
$(DeploymentRoot)**/Nad.xxx10Services.Host_deploy/$(Configuration)/**/*.*">
<Output TaskParameter="Include" ItemName="MidTierDeploys"/>
</CreateItem>
<Copy
SourceFiles="#(MidTierDeploys)"
DestinationFolder="$(DestFolder)/MidTier/%(RecursiveDir)" ContinueOnError="false" />

Answer 1

You can implement expected behaviour with biltin features of MSBuild 4:
<ItemGroup>
<DeploymentProjects Include="1_deploy" />
<DeploymentProjects Include="2_deploy" />
</ItemGroup>
<Target Name="CopyMidTierBuildOutput" >
<Message Text="Copying midTier Build Output" Importance="High"/>
<ItemGroup>
<MidTierDeploys Include="$(DeploymentRoot)**\%(DeploymentProjects.Identity)\$(Configuration)\**\*.*">
<DeploymentProject>%(DeploymentProjects.Identity)</DeploymentProject>
</MidTierDeploys>
</ItemGroup>
<Msbuild Targets="CopyDeploymentItem"
Projects="$(MSBuildProjectFile)"
Properties="ItemFullPath=%(MidTierDeploys.FullPath);ItemRecursiveDir=%(MidTierDeploys.RecursiveDir);ItemDeploymentProject=%(MidTierDeploys.DeploymentProject);Configuration=$(Configuration);DestFolder=$(DestFolder)" />
</Target>
<Target Name="CopyDeploymentItem" >
<PropertyGroup>
<ItemExcludePath>$(ItemDeploymentProject)\$(Configuration)</ItemExcludePath>
<ItemDestRecursiveDirIndex>$(ItemRecursiveDir.IndexOf($(ItemExcludePath))) </ItemDestRecursiveDirIndex>
<ItemExcludePathLength>$(ItemExcludePath.Length)</ItemExcludePathLength>
<ItemSkippingCount>$([MSBuild]::Add($(ItemDestRecursiveDirIndex), $(ItemExcludePathLength)))</ItemSkippingCount>
<ItemDestRecursiveDir>$(ItemRecursiveDir.Substring($(ItemSkippingCount)))</ItemDestRecursiveDir>
</PropertyGroup>
<Copy
SourceFiles="$(ItemFullPath)"
DestinationFolder="$(DestFolder)/MidTier/$(ItemDeploymentProject)/$(ItemDestRecursiveDir)" ContinueOnError="false" />
</Target>
See Property functions for more info.