How to configure Web Deploy on Windows 10 pro
How can I configure Web Deploy on Windows 10? Should it work? I found information about Web Deploy on Windows 8, there it isn't working. How is it in Windows 10?
Answer
Microsoft is being super sneaky about this, but it appears they have removed the ability to use web deploy remotely from ALL non server os's. Even in Windows 7, if you do all of the newest updates, the deploy menu vanishes in IIS. So if you want to use web deploy it seems like your only option is to shell out some bucks for a server os.
HOWEVER, I was able to get FTP publishing configured and working on my Windows 10 machine, which works almost as well. Just install the FTP server under control panel => programs and settings => install windows components. Then open iis mgr and right click on your site and a configure FTP publishing option should pop up. The configuration is a pain and not straightforward, but if you mess with it you'll figure it out.
Then in Visual Studio right click on your project, hit publish, then in the first screen in the drop down there is the good old fashioned ftp option. Good luck!
EDIT
From OP's response, another solution is to simply share the root folder on the server, so for example
C:/inetpub/www
Then mount that share on your development box, I mounted it as the P:\ drive for production, and Q:\ drive for qa. Then in visual studio on the publish screen just select deploy to file system and deploy to that mapped drive, works like a charm and is far simpler than setting up FTP.