How to create installation package for web application with Visual Studio 2010?

Question

User632772364 posted

I have created custom web application with Visual Studio 2010 Premium.
The application is running on Windows Server 2008R2 and IIS.

I would like to create installation package for the application. How to do it?

Minium requirements are followings:
-Clicking installation file(eg.exe) starts install files
-IIS is configured

Specially I'm interested about are followings:
-Database is created to SQL Server locating in another server to web application using SQL scripits.

Answer 1

User1985864055 posted

Deployment packages are .zip files, not .exe files.  These MSDN pages show how to create a package and install it:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd465323.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff356104.aspx

Make sure you install the web publish update as indicated at the top of the first of these two pages.

Answer 2

User632772364 posted

Thanks