ASP.NET 4 BETA 2 Deployment Question

[Light]

Is it possible to deploy .NET 4 beta 2 without updating the GAC?
Could you deploy a website on a host on an .NET 3.5 SP 1 machine? Is
Windows Server 2008 required for deployment?

I want to deploy on a .NET 3.5 SP1 machine running Server 2003 and SQL
Server 2005 but may not be able to update/install.

 

[Light]

Okay, I found my answer. The CLR is new and thus the .NET 4 beta 2
must be installed.

 

[Gregory A. Beamer]

Is it possible to deploy .NET 4 beta 2 without updating the GAC?
Could you deploy a website on a host on an .NET 3.5 SP 1 machine? Is
Windows Server 2008 required for deployment?

You answered your own question, but I felt I would clarify for others who
might read this.

When you have a new version of the .NET Framework, you must install the
redistributable, at minimum, on the server you want it to run on. In
addition, any web apps using the new framework version must have an
application pool that runs the new version. You can use aspnet_regiis to
set all apps, or a single app, to the new version. Be careful setting all
if you have older version .NET apps.

Peace and Grace,