Web Deploy Team Blog Posts

Web Deploy 1.1 has shipped!

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...

Writing Extensible Providers for WebDeploy V1 RTM

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...

Web Deployment Tool and PowerShell Blog

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...

WebDeploy Auto-Completion UI

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...

Web Deployment Tool 1.0 has shipped!

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...

UI sample for web farm synchronization

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...

Changes to the Sample Custom Provider for MySql (dbFullMySql)

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...

What has changed about skip-replace rules in RC?

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...

New release of MS Deploy RC1

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...

MSDeploy Sample Custom Provider to sync MySql databases(dbFullMySql).

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...

Web Deployment Tool RC1 has shipped

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...

Beta 2 skip and replace rules

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...

Visual Studio 2010 deployment features (including MS Deploy)

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...

The MSDeploy SQL Database Provider (dbFullSql)

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...

The Web Deployment Tool Beta 2 is now available!

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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I'm a Program Manager on the IIS team and I work on the coolest part! Web deployment and migration for IIS 6.0 and 7.0. Check out our team blog at http://blogs.iis.net/msdeploy. I also spent several years prior as an IT Pro in the hosting space, managing web servers and helping manage other technologies like ISA, Active Directory, etc. Check out the hosting blog for news, tips and more at http://blogs.iis.net/hosterposter.

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