what is the difference between web deployment tool 2.1 and web deploy 3.5? which one is required for deploys from VS 2010?
asp.net, iis, visual-studio
Solution
Web Deploy is just a tool to help automate deploying your ASP.NET web site to many different web server configurations. It does not matter what version of VS you have. The latest version is 3.5 and it just several added features compared to 2.1
Here is a link to the download which will give you lots more information than Web Platform Installer http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39277
Here is the blog from the MS IIS team that talks about the various versions and features http://blogs.iis.net/msdeploy/default.aspx
Problem
I am trying to setup publishing/deployment of an asp.net mvc project from visual studio to a box running IIS 7.5/Windows Server 2008. I found this useful tutorial and know I need to install something called web deploy. When I go to install this from Web Platform Installer I see a few options: web deployment tool 2.1, web deploy 3.5 and web deploy 3.5 for hosting servers. Which one do I need? What is the difference?