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Asked: 2026-05-20T15:03:47+00:00

I have a Windows Service packaged to MSI that I would like to deploy

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I have a Windows Service packaged to MSI that I would like to deploy (unattended) to a number of workstations.

According to the following question on ServerFault: Installing MSI via Group Policy in a Fully Unattended Way you can do that, but the problem is how to pass the properties. The only property I need to pass is the connection string to the main SQL database.

How can I create (with Visual Studio 2010) such a Windows service with MSI that can be installed via Group Policy in a fully unattended way?

UPDATE: It does not have to be Group Policy, we can use any other Windows based technology if available.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You cannot pass in parameters to MSI files installed via Group Policy Software Installation. Not directly. The supported way is to create MSI transform. Load you MSI in Orca, create new transform, modify parameters that are available and save it in .mst file. Then when you create new application package in GPO, use Transforms tab to specify the transform you created.

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