Summary

Deploying software has been difficult for developers of desktop software. As Web sites grew more complex, the ease of deployment for server-based software has become nearly as difficult. This chapter looked at the options and capabilities that Visual Studio 2005 and version 2.0 of the .NET Framework have to help make deployment easier and less error prone.

After reading this chapter, you should be able to create a deployment package that solves almost any deployment issue that you might have. Client applications can be deployed locally or via the Internet or intranet. The extensive features of deployment projects and on the ways that deployment projects can be configured were covered. You can also use No Touch Deployment and ClickOnce to deploy applications. The security features of ClickOnce will make this a secure and efficient way of deploying client applications. Using deployment projects to install Web applications can make the process of configuring IIS much easier as well. Publishing a Web site gives the added benefit if pre-compiling the application.