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Application Deployment — Packaging and Distribution

Last updated May 27, 2005.

Deployment involves at least two different aspects: packaging the code, and distributing the packages to the various clients and servers on which the application will run. A primary goal of the .NET Framework is to simplify deployment, especially the distribution aspect, by making zero-impact install and XCOPY deployment feasible. The self-describing nature of assemblies removes the dependency on the registry, thereby making install, uninstall, and replication much simpler. However, there are scenarios where XCOPY is not sufficient or appropriate as a distribution mechanism. For these cases, the .NET Framework provides extensive code download services and integration with the Windows Installer.

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