

This approach is often desirable in these types of scenarios: Yes, if you want to allow non-administrator users to deploy content to specific IIS websites. This approach requires the least configuration of the web server, but a server administrator must manually copy the web package onto the server and import it through IIS Manager.įor more information on the key features, advantages, and disadvantages of these approaches, see Choosing the Right Approach to Web Deployment.

The Web Deploy Handler is only available in IIS version 7 or later. However, when you use this approach, you can configure IIS to allow non-administrator users to perform the deployment. This approach is a lot more complex and requires more initial effort to set up the web server. This approach requires less configuration of the web server, but you need to provide the credentials of a local server administrator in order to deploy anything to the server.
