difference between models and view models

Question

I have been researching asp.net MVC project structure\'s for a new project and have a question about something is confusing me. What is the difference between models and vie

Answer 1

ViewModel is the version of a Model from the business-domain layers adjusted to the specific View.

It has only Properties relevant to the view and shouldn't have methods(except simple ones like ToString()).

ViewModel is a "data container" only.