Deployment is the process by which you distribute a finished application or component to be installed on other computers. In Visual Studio 2008, you can deploy applications or components using either ClickOnce deployment or Windows Installer deployment technology. For a discussion of the options available for deployment, see Choosing a Deployment Strategy.
The following topics will help you learn more about deployment:
Describes the traditional Windows Installer deployment technology, in which you create and distribute installer packages to users, and the user runs a Setup file to install the application.