Re: Moving an ASP web site

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From: Tom Kaminski [MVP] ((A_at_T))
Date: 11/19/04 

Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 08:28:32 -0500

"Tom" <tom@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:O5basnjzEHA.3392@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> We have an ASP web site done with VB.NET. This website is also checked
into
> SourceSafe.
>
> Now we need to move/copy this web site over to a different IIS server - a
QA
> and/or Production server. I am not sure exactly how to do this.... Is
there
> a 'copy' utililty anywhere in .NET or IIS? Do we copy it manually (which
> files, then)? Do we need to first create a virtual directory and then copy
> the files from the old directory/server to the new one? Or just copy the
> whole virtual directory? And I would assume that the SourceSafe entries
> should still be pointed at the development server, since that is where we
> will be doing development coding??

How To Deploy an ASP.NET Web Application Using Xcopy Deployment
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326355

HOW TO: Deploy an ASP.NET Web Application Using the Copy Project Feature in
Visual Studio .NET
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326356

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