How to: Provision a Device in a Visual Basic or Visual C# Project
Provisioning a device refers to adding digital certificates to the certificate stores of the device. For more information, see How Device Security Affects Application Execution.
The following steps assume:
You have a Smart Device Visual Basic or Visual C# project in your solution. For more information, see Programming for Devices Using the .NET Compact Framework.
You have signed the application. For more information, see How to: Sign a Visual Basic or Visual C# Application (Devices).
Note
Your computer might show different names or locations for some of the Visual Studio user interface elements in the following instructions. The Visual Studio edition that you have and the settings that you use determine these elements. For more information, see Visual Studio Settings.
To provision a device in a managed device project
In Solution Explorer, right-click the Visual Basic or Visual C# project, and then click Properties.
Open the Devices page.
In the Device provisioning box, select one of the following options:
Don’t Provision the Target Device
Provision the Privileged Store
Provision the Unprivileged Store