Developing ASP.NET 4.5 applications as Windows Server Containers

In the earlier section, we learned how to run an ASP.NET Core application on Kestrel, packaged and deployed as a Windows Server Container image. In this section, we will be converting an existing ASP.NET 4.5 application as a Windows Server Container package which runs on IIS within the windows server core:

1. Let us start with creating a basic ASP.NET 4.5 MVC application on Visual Studio 2015. Click on File | New | Project or Ctrl + Shift + N from keyboard to create a new project.

 

2. Select ASP.NET Web Application (.NET Framework) template. Ensure .NET Framework 4.5.2 is selected on the framework section on top. Click OK.
3. Select c:\samples\aspnet4.5\ as the location for storing the project artifacts. Let us also name the project as WindowsContainerSample:

4. Select MVC template from ASP.NET 4.5.2 Templates. Click on Change Authentication and select No Authentication. Click OK on the Change Authentication window and then click OK on the...