VS Solution, projects vs dlls best practice

Question

Whenever I have a library that use across different websites/ applications I\'ve always just added the library\'s project into the same solution and reference it from there.

Answer 1

You could also register your dll in the GAC. The GAC handles all referencing, versioning etc and is secure. Having assigned a strong key which is a pre requisite for dlls sitting in the GAC you have a secure way of accessing Dll's and where you are using a shared server this can be invaluable. Your sites which use this dll have a central port of call for the assembly. The GAC has a whole host of advantages with several articles on MSDN and no doubt hundreds on google dedicated to it.