XCOPY deployment enables Windows-based applications to be deployed to client machines simply by copying files into the desired application directory.In addition, the auto-downloading of applications for Windows makes the deployment of rich Windows-based applications as easy as deploying a Web page.

Using the new Web Forms Designer in Visual Basic .NET, Visual Basic developers can apply the skills they have today to build true thin-client Web-based applications. Drag-and-drop Web Form creation delivers Visual Basic for the Web while code behind forms enables developers to replace limited scripting capabilities of the past with the full power of the Visual Basic .NET language. New intelligent rendering capabilities and server-side Web Forms controls provide Web applications that render on any browser running on any platform. The new HTML designer delivers Microsoft IntelliSense® statement and tag completion for HTML documents. In addition, separation of HTML markup and code enable more efficient team-based development .