The Configuring a Website that Uses Application Services page does cover Copying User Accounts from Development to Production but doesn't go into all that much detail. It really skips over the topic and starts talking about the ApplicationId and applicationName problem that a lot of people have had trouble with. This problem has also been covered by Scott Gu back in 2006. The part it skips over is that you can actually migrate your users and applications if you use the Database Publishing W...