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by Mike Volodarsky

Introduction

Visual Studio® provides several options for working with IIS when developing Web sites and applications. These include the Web application and Web site projects. In Visual Studio 2008, these features receive a much awaited upgrade to properly support IIS 7 and above in Windows Vista® and Windows Server® 2008. In addition, the recently released Web Deployment Project 2008 also provides support for IIS 7 and above.

This article provides an overview of using Visual Studio 2008 Web development features with IIS, including information on the steps necessary to enable these features to work correctly.

Prerequisites

To use Visual Studio 2008 to work with Web sites and applications on your local machine, do the following:

Install IIS 7 or above.
Install ASP.NET.
Install IIS 6.0 Metabase Compatibility.
On Windows Vista, open the Control Panel, click Programs and Features, click the Turn Windows features on and off link, check the Internet Information Services check box, as well as the Web Management Tools IIS 6 Management Compatibility IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility and the World Wide Web Services Application Development Features ASP.NET check boxes under it.
On Windows Server 2008, use Server Manager to install the Web Server (IIS) role, and add the Management Tools*IIS 6 Management Compatibility**IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility* and 'Application Development ASP.NET role services. For more information, see Installing IIS on Windows Server 2008.
To use Visual Studio 2008 to work with Web sites and applications on a remote machine, see the section 'Using Visual Studio 2008 with a Remote IIS Server' later in this article.

Starting Visual Studio 2008 as Administrator

Certain tasks, including debugging and creating local IIS applications, require that you start Visual Studio as a user with Administrative privileges. On Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 when not running as the built-in Administrator account, this requires right-clicking the Visual Studio 2008 icon in the Start Menu and choosing Run as administrator.

To make this process easier, you can create a shortcut and check the Run this program as an administrator check box on the Compatibility tab of the shortcut properties.

Create a New IIS Web Site or Application Project

Visual Studio provides two conceptual models for working with Web applications: the Web site project model, and the Web application project model.

While both options allow you to create Web applications and publish them to an IIS server, they do have significant differences in how the corresponding ASP.NET application is built and deployed. Some of the differences between the two models are:

The Web application project option requires the source application files to be located on the local file system, or, on a network share. However, you can subsequently publish the Web application to a remote IIS Web site by using a network share, FTP, or Front Page Server Extensions.
The Web site project option allows you to connect directly to a local IIS Web site, or to a remote IIS Web site by using a network share, FTP, or Front Page Server Extensions. With the Web site project, you work directly with the content of your IIS Web site and there is no project file.

You can find the detailed explanation of the two models and their differences in https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/aa730880(VS.80).aspx.

Note

Visual Studio 2008 provides the options to create a New project and Open an existing project. This does not necessarily mean that you must create a new IIS Web application project or open an existing application project – you can use either of the options with an existing IIS Web application.

To create a new project using the Web application project option:

In Visual Studio, on the File menu, select New Project, and then select the ASP.NET Web Application template.
Click OK. Visual Studio opens to the Source view of the Default.aspx page so that you can edit it.

Note

Unlike the Web site project option, you must place the application files on the local file system or a network share, and later use the Publish option to publish the contents of your application to an IIS Web site.

To publish the project to an IIS Web site:

Create the IIS Web site using IIS Manager, AppCmd, or another configuration tool. For more information, see https://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc772350(v=ws.10).aspx. Alternatively, use an existing IIS Web site.
In Visual Studio, use the Build Publish option to publish the contents of your Web application to an IIS Web site.
Note
The Publish Web dialog by default publishes only the parts of your project that comprise your Web application - it does not publish the project file, obj directory, and other files. This is important because exposing these components to your Web users may be a security risk.
By clicking the '…' button, you can chose one of the four options for publishing your Web site:
- File System. When using this option, Visual Studio opens / creates the Web application as a folder, and uses the built-in ASP.NET Development Server to host the Web site. This option may be sufficient for basic testing of ASP.NET applications – however, this mode does not support running ASP.NET applications in Integrated mode, and it does not support application technologies other than ASP.NET (such as PHP, ASP, CGI, etc).
- Local IIS. When using this option, Visual Studio allows you to publish your application files to a local IIS Web site or application. You can also use the dialog to create new IIS applications or virtual directories to publish your files to.
- FTP Site. When using this option, Visual Studio supports editing your application files if they are shared through FTP. You can still use Visual Studio to debug your applications by configuring the URL of your application in project start settings. For more information, see the section 'Using Visual Studio 2008 with a Remote IIS Server' later in this article.
- Remote Site. Using this option, Visual Studio can connect to a remote IIS server. To use this option, you need to have Front Page Server Extensions installed on the remote server and configure your Web site to use FPSE. For more information on this, see the 'Using Visual Studio 2008 with a Remote IIS Server' section later in this article.
Select Local IIS. You can also map the Web application project directory as a virtual directory on the local II

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