Links to .NET Framework 4 deployment guides

The official .NET Framework 4 deployment guides for application developers and system administrators have been posted on MSDN, and I wanted to provide links here to help raise visibility for them.  Here they are along with some additional information about what is contained in each of them:

Microsoft .NET Framework 4 deployment guide for developers

You can find the deployment guide for application developers at the following location:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ee942965(v=VS.100).aspx

The deployment guide for application developers is targeted at developers creating applications that depend on the .NET Framework 4 and that will need to incorporate the .NET Framework 4 into their installation process.  It contains the following information:

• Installation Requirements
• Standalone Redistributable Packages
• Web Bootstrapper Packages
• Redistributing the .NET Framework 4 Using Visual Studio 2010
• Installing the .NET Framework Manually
• Chaining the Redistributable Package to your Application Setup
• Chaining the Language Packs to your Application Setup
• Detecting the .NET Framework 4
• Detecting the Language Packs
• Uninstalling Microsoft .NET Framework 4
• Command-Line Options
• Troubleshooting

Microsoft .NET Framework 4 deployment guide for administrators

You can find the administrator deployment guide at the following location:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ee390831(v=VS.100).aspx

The administrator deployment guide is targeted at system administrators that manage software installation on corporate networks and who want to plan a deployment of the .NET Framework 4 to networks that they manage.  It contains the following information:

• Prerequisites
• Command Line-Options
• The Deployment Process
• Deploying the .NET Framework in a Test Environment
• Creating a Collection
• Preparing the Package Source Directory
• Creating a Package for the Redistributable Package
• Creating a Program with Setup and Installation Parameters
• Selecting a Distribution Point
• Creating an Advertisement
• Troubleshooting

Comments

• Anonymous
  April 19, 2010
  You can also find the Visual Studio Deployment Guides at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e2h7fzkw(v=VS.100).aspx The Visual Studio Admin Deployment Guide can be found: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee225238(v=VS.100).aspx