Does MSDeploy support website and database upgrades?

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Published on 2009-05-29T11:15:42Z Indexed on 2010/05/04 13:48 UTC
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I've just been reading about MSDeploy, the new website deployment tool from Microsoft. I'm developing an installer for a webapplication and a webservice to be used for our off-the-shelf product. I have a couple of questions that I couldn't find obvious answers to.

Does MSDeploy have robust support for upgrading websites after the initial deployment?
I can see MSDeploy has good support for the initial deployment of databases. But does it have support for upgrading schemas whilst preserving the current data?

Links addressing these specific questions would be good.

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