System Deployment Definition and Validation (How Do I in Team Edition for Architects)
This page contains links to popular topics about using Deployment Designer in Visual Studio Team Edition for Architects to define and validate deployment for an application system in a specific logical datacenter. To view other categories of popular topics, see Getting Started (How Do I in Team Edition for Architects) and How Do I in Team Edition for Architects.
Defining Deployment for Systems
- How to: Create Deployment Diagrams from Application Designer and System Designer
Describes how to create a deployment diagram for a particular system using a specific logical datacenter diagram.
- How to: Bind Applications to Logical Servers
Describes the steps required to bind applications in a system to logical servers on a deployment diagram.
- How to: Specify Binding Details on Deployment Diagrams
Describes how to assign application endpoints to the appropriate logical server endpoints and how to assign Web applications to the appropriate application pool.
Validating Deployment Definitions
- How to: Validate a Deployment Diagram
Describes how to validate deployment diagrams.
- How to: Resolve Validation Warnings on Deployment Diagrams
Describes how to fix common validation warnings.
Creating Deployment Reports
- How to: Generate Deployment Reports
Demonstrates how to create deployment reports using Deployment Designer.
- How to: Use Automation with Deployment Reports
Explains how to automate creating deployment reports.
- How to: Create Deployment Reports from the Command Line
Describes how to generate deployment reports from the command line. You can also generate deployment reports through automation using Visual Studio.
Other Tasks
- How to: Synchronize Deployment Diagrams with Logical Datacenter Diagrams
Explains how to synchronize the deployment diagram with changes made to the associated logical datacenter diagram.
- How to: Version Deployment Diagrams
Explains how to apply version numbers to deployment diagrams.
Walkthroughs
- Walkthrough: Validating an Application System for Deployment
Explains how to evaluate the deployment of an application system into a logical representation of a datacenter using Deployment Designer.