I do use the built-in server. I also have IIS installed locally and I publish to that and then copy/paste. You can also publish directly to the web server. Local IIS is also handy for testing out ...

How to publish an MVC application to the Shared ASP.NET cluster The shared ASP.NET cluster does not have the MVC global reference libraries installed, so applications using MVC must include all ...

In essence, in the integrated mode, IIS and ASP.Net are tightly coupled to each other. When you explore the advanced settings option of an application pool, you would find many options.