Microsoft Web Deploy
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Microsoft Web Deploy is a Microsoft tool for packaging, synchronizing, and deploying web applications and IIS configurations across servers.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MSDeploy | 1 |
| Microsoft Web Deploy canonical | 1 |
| Microsoft Web Platform | 1 |
| Microsoft.Web | 1 |
| Web Deploy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9898731 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Microsoft Web Deploy Context triple: [IIS, relatedTechnology, Microsoft Web Deploy]
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A.
Deployment Imaging Servicing and Management
Deployment Imaging Servicing and Management (DISM) is a Windows command-line tool used to service and manage Windows images, including installation, uninstallation, configuration, and updating of system components.
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B.
Windows Deployment Services
Windows Deployment Services is a Microsoft server role that enables network-based installation and deployment of Windows operating systems to client computers.
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C.
Windows Server Update Services
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is a Microsoft server role that lets administrators centrally manage and distribute updates and patches to Windows operating systems and other Microsoft products within an organization.
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D.
IIS
IIS is the Institute of Industrial Science, a leading research institute of the University of Tokyo focused on advanced science and engineering.
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E.
IIS
IIS (Internet Information Services) is Microsoft's extensible, secure, and high-performance web server platform for hosting websites and web applications on Windows.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Microsoft Web Deploy Target entity description: Microsoft Web Deploy is a Microsoft tool for packaging, synchronizing, and deploying web applications and IIS configurations across servers.
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A.
Deployment Imaging Servicing and Management
Deployment Imaging Servicing and Management (DISM) is a Windows command-line tool used to service and manage Windows images, including installation, uninstallation, configuration, and updating of system components.
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B.
Windows Deployment Services
Windows Deployment Services is a Microsoft server role that enables network-based installation and deployment of Windows operating systems to client computers.
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C.
Windows Server Update Services
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is a Microsoft server role that lets administrators centrally manage and distribute updates and patches to Windows operating systems and other Microsoft products within an organization.
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D.
IIS
IIS is the Institute of Industrial Science, a leading research institute of the University of Tokyo focused on advanced science and engineering.
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E.
IIS
IIS (Internet Information Services) is Microsoft's extensible, secure, and high-performance web server platform for hosting websites and web applications on Windows.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Microsoft software
ⓘ
deployment tool ⓘ web deployment technology ⓘ |
| abbreviation | msdeploy.exe ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
MSDeploy
ⓘ
linked to:
Microsoft Web Deploy
Web Deploy ⓘ
linked to:
Microsoft Web Deploy
|
| configurationFileExtension | .xml ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| distribution | freeware ⓘ |
| executableName | msdeploy.exe ⓘ |
| feature |
IIS Manager integration
ⓘ
backup and restore of IIS settings ⓘ command line interface ⓘ delta deployment ⓘ incremental synchronization ⓘ package creation as .zip files ⓘ parameterized deployment packages ⓘ provider-based architecture ⓘ remote deployment ⓘ synchronization between IIS servers ⓘ web farm deployment ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Web Deployment Agent Service
ⓘ
Web Management Service integration ⓘ |
| license | proprietary ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | Windows ⓘ |
| purpose |
deploy IIS configurations
ⓘ
deploy web applications ⓘ migrate IIS configurations ⓘ package web applications ⓘ synchronize IIS configurations ⓘ synchronize web applications ⓘ |
| releaseModel | closed source ⓘ |
| softwareGenre |
configuration synchronization
ⓘ
server migration ⓘ web application deployment ⓘ |
| supports |
GAC assemblies
ⓘ
IIS application pools ⓘ IIS applications ⓘ IIS configuration settings ⓘ IIS virtual directories ⓘ IIS websites ⓘ databases ⓘ file system content ⓘ registry keys ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform | Internet Information Services ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
HTTP
ⓘ
HTTPS ⓘ |
| usedWith |
Azure App Service (via deployment packages)
ⓘ
linked to:
Azure App Service
IIS Manager ⓘ
linked to:
IIS
Visual Studio ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Microsoft Web Deploy Description of subject: Microsoft Web Deploy is a Microsoft tool for packaging, synchronizing, and deploying web applications and IIS configurations across servers.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Microsoft Web Deploy
linked to: Microsoft Web Deploy
subject linked to:
Web Platform Installer (historically)
linked to: Microsoft Web Deploy
linked to: Microsoft Web Deploy