Tutorial by Examples

Install WebServer Role Install WebDeploy 3.6 from MSDN Activate ASP.NET 4.6 under Web Server (IIS) > Web Server > Application Development

In order to be able to directly deploy web project changes to an Web Server, the following steps must be followed. If target server has Internet access, the process is quite simple, as Microsoft has a Web Platform package to do almost everything that is needed. Cleanup Make sure that C:\Progra...

Fully configuration of Web deployment without Internet connection (offline) is harder to make because Web platform installer (UI) operates by querying packages list and content from an Internet location. Cleanup Make sure that C:\Program Files\IIS does not contain older version of Microsoft We...

Typically, some files from the Web Application should not be overwritten when performing the deployment (e.g. web.config). This can be accomplished by: 1) Excluding from output - which means setting Build action to None. This is the easiest way, but it might not work for some particular files or fo...

Web deployment offers the option to automatically backup target Web site (not target Web application!) on deployment. This is recommended to allow web application rollback. In order to configure automatic backups, the following steps must be followed: 1) Enable backups Open %programfiles%\IIS\Mic...