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title: "[How Do I:] Use a Visual Studio 2008 Web Deployment Project | Microsoft Docs"
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description: "In this video Chris Pels shows how to use the Visual Studio 2008 Web Deployment add-on to create deployment projects with a finer degree of control over how..."
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[How Do I:] Use a Visual Studio 2008 Web Deployment Project
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by [Chris Pels](https://twitter.com/chrispels)

In this video Chris Pels shows how to use the Visual Studio 2008 Web Deployment add-on to create deployment projects with a finer degree of control over how a web site is compiled and deployed. First, learn where to download and install the Web Deployment Project add-on for Visual Studio 2008. Then, create a web site project and an associated web deployment project. Learn the available configuration options for a web deployment project. See a brief review of the aspnet\_compiler and aspnet\_merge command line utilities which are integral to the web deployment project. Next, learn how to create multiple configurations for a web deployment project, e.g., one for Debug and one for Release modes. Then create a web application project and a corresponding web deployment project. Finally, see how the options and process for the web application project are the same as those for the web site project.

[▶ Watch video (26 minutes)](https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ASP-NET-Site-Videos/how-do-i-use-a-visual-studio-2008-web-deployment-project)