Types of deployment in asp.net

What are th开发者_C百科e types of deployment we have in asp.net?

Till now what I am doing?

I use to publish my website in any folder than copy paste the compiled file to the inetpub folder [where my website is configured with the IIS]. I am not sure what kind of deployment this is, is it XCOPY? But I am not using any command line tool.

So you have the following options

xcopy deployment Compile your asp.net application and copy all the files to your server. You can do this by using FTP or shared directories. (Or anything else to transfer files.)

WebDeploy You have the possibility to deploy your asp.net webpage directly form your Visual Studio. If you go to "Build" and you choose "Publish Web". To be able to to do this you have to configure your server before. But this works automatically after you have set up everything. It's very handy since your deployment becomes easy to rebuild. http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/09/13/automating-deployment-with-microsoft-web-deploy.aspx

Web Setup - Installer Visual Studio provide also the option to build an installer. This works like installing usual software on your windows computer with the installer wizard. (See the link) http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/06/15/tip-trick-creating-packaged-asp-net-setup-programs-with-vs-2005.aspx

Manage multiple server There is also a way of managing the deployment of multiple servers. It seems to be a bit more complicated but could be interesting for professionals. (Check out on Google Microsoft Web Farm Framework 2.0

To answer your question: yes, what you are using is called xcopy deployment. Even though you do not type xcopy . ... it is still a 'plain copy' and therefore called xcopy deployment.