Building and deploying the solution

Now that our solution is complete, we have to be able to deploy it to other server environments in our enterprise such as UAT/Staging and production. The best practice for deploying BizTalk solutions is MSI installation. MSIs are binary installation packages used for deploying software in Windows environments. The MSI approach helps us to be certain that the artifacts we approve in a testing environment are the ones deployed to a production environment.

Building an MSI manually

We can create an MSI directly from the BizTalk Administration console and we'll walk through that process right now:

  1. Right-click the Order Processing application and select Export | MSI file….

    A welcome screen will greet us that explains ...

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