All,

I am in the process of deploying my first web application. Up to now, I have built all my business objects and web forms and tested using the built in VS 2005 web development server (developed using the MM.NET framework). I am now attempting to deploy to a Windows Server 2003 machine. Here are my questions:

- Can anyone provide a relatively simple set of instructions for publishing the web application to IIS? I have found multiple resources on the Internet for this, but none have got me exactly where I need to go.

- What is the recommended database (SQL Server 2005) connection method that should be employed in the web.config file (Windows authentication or SQL Server authentication)?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Bob