There are several protocols that one can use to publish.
File Protocol is nice and easy in the intranet, and can be used almost immediately.
Using the …. is where you want to get to, in order to emulate what it will take to publish to a production server. But it certainly takes more thought.
File Protocol
Publish by right-clicking the project, selecting Publish, and choosing the Protocol.
The easiest, in an intranet, is File: