Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment, or IDE, for developers to build and debug the code supporting websites, applications, and other programs. The platform supports 36 programming languages, including ASP.NET, and is available in both free and commercial editions. Hosting providers that support ASP.NET and languages such as C# or Visual Basic will support web publishing via Visual Studio. Some of our favorites include: InterServer HostGator GoDaddy AccuWebHosting ResellerClub In addition to editing and managing files on their local machine, website owners can also use Visual Studio to edit files on a remote web server and publish using Microsoft’s Web Deploy tool. Users can modify the server configuration settings via Plesk or the command line to turn on this functionality. Follow these steps to enable the use of Visual Studio on Windows servers with Plesk: Log in to the Plesk control panel. Go to Tools & Settings > Updates & Upgrades > Add/Remove Components and install Microsoft Web Deploy. Next, go to Service Plans > [Plan Name] > Hosting Parameters > Advanced and check the box to enable Web Deploy publishing. Click Update & Sync to apply the changes. Enable the Web Deploy publishing option again by going to Domains > [Example.com] > Hosting Settings. In Domains > [Example.com] click Web Deploy Publishing Settings to download the configuration file. In your project in Visual Studio, select Build > Publish [Project Name]. Click Import and select the Web Deploy configuration file. Click Validate Connection to confirm you have the correct settings.