Deployment is hard, but it doesn't have to be!
The guys over in Redmond have released the WDP for VS.NET 2008 release tot he web today.
http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2008/01/25/announcing-rtw-of-visual-studio-2008-web-deployment-projects-wdp.aspx
Go check it out.
One very interesting point: -
"There was community feedback about trying to get aspnet_merge.exe independent of Web Deployment Projects for use within Visual Studio Express editions... Good news is that ASP.NET Merge Utility is now available as a part of Microsoft® Windows® Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows Server® 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5"
The control and flexibility you get from utilising these projects is absolutely fantastic.
Cheers,
Phil.
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