Will create a Web Deployment Project for superior management of deployment to a target web server (requires optional web deployment feature to be installed for Visual Studio.

 

Note: when selecting WebProjectType = Web Application, you should NOT choose this option, as the Web Application project has superior deployment and packaging options.

 

Visual Studio 2005

Visual Studio 2005 Web Deployment Project Information:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa479568.aspx

Visual Studio 2005 Web Deployment Project Download:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/c/b/ccb4877f-55f7-4478-8f16-e41886607a0e/WebDeploymentSetup.msi

 

Visual Studio 2008

Visual Studio 2008 Web Deployment Project Information and Download

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyId=0AA30AE8-C73B-4BDD-BB1B-FE697256C459&displaylang=en

 

Visual Studio 2010

Visual Studio 2010 Web Deployment Project Information and Download Link:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=89f2c4f5-5d3a-49b6-bcad-f776c6edfa63&displaylang=en

 

Visual Studio 2012

Visual Studio 2012 Web Deployment Projects are not supported in Visual Studio 2012--they are now part of the web application project.  For more information see:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh420390(v=vs.110)#deployment_enhancements