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Web applications

application configuration files for, 52

distributing, with Visual Studio .NET, 90

host headers and, 91–92

upgrading, with Visual Studio .NET, 165

Web servers

business logic, 13

default document, indicating discovery files with, 57

deploying .NET Framework on, 12

Framework applications and, 13

Web services

advertising, 56

deploying, vs. deploying Web applications, 55

discovery files, 56

Web setup projects, specifying IIS restarting during installation, 118

Web sites, binding server certificates to, 72

Windows Forms applications, 10

deploying over the Web. See no-touch deployment

deploying, privileges needed for, 81

Windows Forms Smart Client applications, 10

Windows Forms user controls, 10, 64

Windows Installer

bootstrapping, 134–36

installing, on target computers, 134

nested installations and, 136

upgrading Framework applications with, 152–62

Windows Installer deployment, 79

security of, 81

Windows Installer files

Authenticode signing, 132

building, 131–33

cabinet files, packaging as, 131

command-line switches, 158

compressing, 132

custom actions. See custom actions

description, specifying, 117

digital signatures and, 132

guaranteeing authenticity of, 132

optimizing for size, vs. for speed, 132

packaging, 131

properties, list of, 117

sharing code between. See merge modules

user interface, designing, 130

versioning features. See versioning installer packages

Windows Installer packages, 100–137

application resources and, 80

assigning to computers, with Group Policy, 82

creating, 86

creating, with Visual Studio .NET, 100

distributing, 79, 81, 84, 162

distributing, via Group Policy vs. via SMS, 85

documenting creation of, 133

IIS settings and, 80

installation tools, 86

launch conditions, 113–14

legacy COM components and, 80

for multi-tiered applications, 81

package codes, 156

vs. patch packages, 153

running with administrator privileges by default, 81

shared assemblies and, 80

types of, 100

uninstall processes, creating, 133

version numbers, 155

versioning, 155–59

Windows Management Instrumentation. See WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation)

Windows Scripting Host applications, 12

Windows Services, 11

automatic upgrades and, 166

installing, 128

operating systems not supported by, 11

starting, 11

Wise for Visual Studio .NET, 87

WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation), 15

installing, 16

schemas, registering for instrumented assemblies, 66

worker process isolation mode, 70–71

wrappers, 67