Use of Clickonce technology for application distribution

Albert975

I am looking for people who are using clickonce technology to distribute applications in production. I am interested in hearing about your experiences, both good and bad.

brownwolf455

Yes, there are many companies using ClickOnce to distribute their applications in production. Here are some examples:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2012/04/10/ lightswitch-application-publishing-to-windows-azure-with-microsoft-clickonce-technology/
https://www.howtogeek.com/174318/the-pros-and-cons-of-using-clickonce-for-windows-application-deployment/
https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/articles/vs-application-lifecycle-management/

Margie781

Yes, ClickOnce technology is a popular deployment method for distributing applications in production environments. Using ClickOnce allows you to create installers that ensure only the latest version of your application will be installed on user machines, and allows for easy version control and updates.

Here are some benefits of using ClickOnce technology:

Easy to deploy: ClickOnce makes it easy to publish and update applications over the internet. You can upload a single installer package and be sure that the correct version is installed for each user.
Secure: ClickOnce provides security by digitally signing all of the files that are downloaded from the server. This ensures that the user is downloading a legitimate and secure version of the application.
Convenience: ClickOnce also offers convenience by keeping track of installed versions and updating only those that need to be updated. This eliminates the need to have users manually update the application every time a new version is released.

If you're looking to use ClickOnce technology to distribute applications in production environments, you should check out Microsoft's documentation on ClickOnce deployment (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/deployment/walkthrough-publishing-a-clickonce-application?view=vs-2019). It offers step-by-step instructions on how to create and deploy ClickOnce packages.