I used the file copy dialog in VS 2010 to selectively push web files to a production server. The only tool I can find in VS 2012 that is similar is the Web Publish Activity dialog. It forces you to fully synchronize your entire site. That is not realistic because I don't always want to deploy all site changes at once.
Where can I find/enable the old file copy tool that had folder synchronization?
Okay, so the button to get to the Website Copy tool was removed from the Solution Explorer tool window, but it still exists under the Website nav menu. I never knew it was there, my bad.