Deploying Web Site Projects in Visual Studio 2008 and earlier

ASP.NET web applications are typically designed, created, and tested in a local development environment and need to be deployed to a production environment once it is ready for release. This tutorial series details the deployment process.

• ASP.NET Hosting Options (C#)
• Determining What Files Need to Be Deployed (C#)
• Deploying Your Site Using an FTP Client (C#)
• Deploying Your Site Using Visual Studio (C#)
• Common Configuration Differences Between Development and Production (C#)
• Core Differences Between IIS and the ASP.NET Development Server (C#)
• Deploying a Database (C#)
• Configuring a Website that Uses Application Services (C#)
• Strategies for Database Development and Deployment (C#)
• Displaying a Custom Error Page (C#)
• Processing Unhandled Exceptions (C#)
• Logging Error Details with ASP.NET Health Monitoring (C#)
• Logging Error Details with ELMAH (C#)
• Precompiling Your Website (C#)
• Users and Roles On Production Website (C#)
• ASP.NET Hosting Options (VB)
• Determining What Files Need to Be Deployed (VB)
• Deploying Your Site Using an FTP Client (VB)
• Deploying Your Site Using Visual Studio (VB)
• Common Configuration Differences Between Development and Production (VB)
• Core Differences Between IIS and the ASP.NET Development Server (VB)
• Deploying a Database (VB)
• Configuring a Website that Uses Application Services (VB)
• Strategies for Database Development and Deployment (VB)
• Displaying a Custom Error Page (VB)
• Processing Unhandled Exceptions (VB)
• Logging Error Details with ASP.NET Health Monitoring (VB)
• Logging Error Details with ELMAH (VB)
• Precompiling Your Website (VB)
• Users and Roles On Production Website (VB)