Using the Web Deployment Tool

The Web Deployment Tool is accessed via the Build menu; specifically, via the Publish command (Figure 12.16).

Figure 12.16 Launching the Web Deployment Tool from within the IDE.

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Before we jump into the tool, we need to configure our publication settings. Access the project properties page and navigate to the Package/Publish and Deploy SQL tabs to get to the publication settings.

Package/Publish Options

The Package/Publish tab houses all of the default information that is used by the Web Deployment Tool (Figure 12.17).

Figure 12.17 Web deployment options.

The first-drop down on this window provides a way to indicate ...

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