Feb 04, 2010
We happy to announce that we just shipped an update to our RTW 1.0 bits with a set of bug fixes that have been reported on the forums and through our feedback channels. What's new: Credential store - no longer do you need to use your password on the command...
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Tags: DeploymentWeb DeploymentIIS News ItemMSDeploy
Feb 04, 2010
During the RC timeframe of Web Deploy, we published a couple of sample custom providers that help you understand how to extend msdeploy. One of them is the dbFullMySql custom provider that can sync MySql databases and the other is the batch file provider...
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Oct 07, 2009
If you want to use the Web Deployment Tool with PowerShell, look no further than our own tester James Cook's PowerShell blog post . He shows how to invoke our deployment APIs through PowerShell to perform a local sync of content. In future posts, he plans...
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Tags: DeploymentWeb DeploymentPowerShell
Oct 05, 2009
As the Microsoft Web Deployment Tool gained popularity, it has undergone a lot of churn which resulted in the continual addition of new features and a humongous set of command-line options. This tool has been built to alleviate a lot of pain in the usage...
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Sep 24, 2009
After 2 years of development and lots of customer feedback, we are proud to announce that the Web Deployment Tool has shipped the RTW of our version 1.0! In version 1.0, we have the following components: Powerful APIs that allow you to deploy, sync and...
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Tags: IISDeploymentMigrationWeb Deployment
May 01, 2009
One of our team members has built a pretty cool sample UI that allows syncing of multiple web servers and also using file change notifications to trigger syncs. Take a look at the sample at http://blogs.iis.net/moshaikh/archive/2009/04/26/web-server-change...
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Tags: IISWeb Deployment
Apr 29, 2009
During the RC release, we published a custom provider that will help you sync MySql databases. This is just a sample provider to help folks understand how to write a provider and is not required, as our RTW version supports MySQL in the box. The limitaions...
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Apr 23, 2009
There has been a lot of buzz around the way skip rules have changed in the RC version of MSDeploy. Here is a blog post that will explain what has changed and what are the current limitations. Currently there are two different features in MS Deploy that...
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Apr 17, 2009
We have a new release of the RC1 build to fix a couple issues that people found. We recommend that folks download the new version as it fixes some important issues. How can I get the new build? Just go to our download links for x86 and x64 . How does...
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Tags: IIS NewsIISWeb DeploymentIIS News Item
Mar 30, 2009
Overview In the recent RC version of MSDeploy, we shipped the dbMySql provider. The dbMySql povider can be used to sync a MySql script to a database. It cannot be used for initial deployment of a MySql database to an empty database or dumping a MySql...
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Mar 18, 2009
The Web Deployment team is excited to announce that RC1 shipped this morning! We now have a release candidate that can be used for production testing and supports many new features. So what did we add, you ask? The biggest feature is our integration with...
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Tags: IIS NewsDeploymentMigrationWeb DeploymentMSDeploy
Feb 16, 2009
We posted about skip and replace rules awhile back, but this is probably one of the more complex areas of MS Deploy. You have to understand our provider structure to figure out what type of object needs to be replaced, what attribute, and then write a...
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Tags: IISDeploymentWeb Deployment
Feb 04, 2009
We briefly mentioned that Visual Studio 2010 is integrating the Web Deployment Tool, but we didn't really go into details. Here's a great blog post that covers the highlights of VS 2010 deployment features, not just MS Deploy, but a lot of other cool...
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Tags: IIS NewsDeploymentWeb DeploymentVSVisual Studio
Nov 10, 2008
Overview The MSDeploy SQL Database provider, also called dbFullSql is desgined for first-time installation or deployment of SQL databases to a specified destination database. This blog will serve more as a first step towards using the dbFullSql provider...
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Tags: IISWeb DeploymentPDC
Oct 29, 2008
The IIS team is proud to announce the latest release of the Web Deployment Tool Beta 2, which includes significant new features for both IT professionals and developers. In addition to our existing functionality of server synchronization and migration...
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Tags: IISDeploymentPDC