Been some time since a post, well a lot has happened in the last month, of which I won't go into much detail. Needless to say I think I'm gonna live after all. ;-)
This morning I received an interesting bit of info I thought worth sharing.

Check it out at http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/reference/infrastructure/wdp/default.aspx
It's a web deployment add-in for VS2005, Yes I know that VS2005 has awesome web deployment technologies built in. But for the extra complicated scenarios, this add-in will be just the thing. Check it out, the link will take you to a beta preview download.

It does not alter VS2005, only enhances the web deployment functionality.
Well worth exploring - Enjoy.