MCPD 70-518 Exam Ref: Designing and Developing Windows® Applications Using Microsoft® .NET Framework 4

Chapter 4. Planning a Solution Deployment

At a high level, an application’s life cycle follows the process shown in Figure 4-1.

Figure 4-1. The application life cycle

While developers spend most of their time in the development stage, and systems administrators spend most of their time in the management phase, the deployment stage is unique because it is often shared between both developers and systems administrators. When planning a solution deployment strategy, you need to design an approach that allows each group to perform their assigned roles while minimizing the effort required of both. You also need to plan for updates of the application that ...