This guide focuses on VS2005 Express Edition with advanced services, though this applies to any version of SQL2005.
The first thing you’ll need to do is copy the install files to your distribution share via the Deployment Workbench. Be sure to choose a directory structure without spaces as this seems to cause problems during setup.
Once you’ve [...]

After a bit of investigation and asking around I thought I’d share this simple Microsoft Deployment tip.
On the actions window by default it reads “IT Organization”, to change this add the following to CustomSetting.ini
_SMSTSOrgName=NWTraders
There, it’s that simple.

Microsoft have recently launched the latest version of BDD, now called “Microsoft Deployment” If you ask me, BDD sounded better but oh well.
If like me you don’t want to create packages for each and every windows update for your deployment image, here’s how you can point the build process at your WSUS server.
Firstly, create the [...]