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Asked: 2026-05-28T02:18:00+00:00

We already have an existing MSI Installer (web deployment project – .vdproj) that we

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We already have an existing MSI Installer (web deployment project – .vdproj) that we use to deploy our web application. This MSI only ever gets run on the WEBSERVER. It does the following

  1. Configures up IIS
  2. Installs the Web Application
  3. GAC’s any required assemblies
  4. Unpacks & Runs SQL scripts against the DB via SqlCmd

Seperately we have about 7 or 8 DTSX Packages which we need to install on the DBSERVER. This is currently done manually. Someone XCopys the SSIS Deployment folder to DBSERVER. Runs the SSIS Deployment Manifest & chooses a file system deploy.

I don’t have an awful lot of experience with MSI Installers (having inherited this one)
Is it possible to include all the DTSX Packages in the Existing Installer and install into the SQL Server instance on the DBSERVER, directly from the MSI being run on the WEBSERVER

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  1. Editorial Team

    Yes, this can be done with an MSI-based installer.

    First, you need to decide on a setup authoring tool which supports IIS and SQL scripts. Each tool has its advantages and disadvantages, but many of them have dedicated support for what you need to do. This list may help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_installation_software

    After getting a tool, you can try configuring your installer and ask additional questions when you encounter a specific problem.

    Edit:

    There is no built-in support for handling DTSX packages in an MSI. However, you can install them using custom actions. Perhaps this will help:
    http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sqlintegrationservices/thread/4a8ffc3a-ef79-4402-bf2e-d4a386b20fed

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