Salesforce - How to Deploy between Environments (Sandboxes, Live etc)

Question

We\'re looking into setting up a proper deployment process.

From what I\'ve read there seems to be 4 methods of doing this.

1. Copy & Paste -- We don\'t w

Answer 1

Another option is to use Change Sets if you want to move meta data from a sandbox to production.

There are currently some limitations on how change sets can be used:

Sending a change set between two organizations requires a deployment connection. Currently, change sets can only be sent between organizations that are affiliated with a production organization, for example, a production organization and a sandbox, or two sandboxes created from the same organization.