In this section, we are going to discuss how to deploy BizTalk applications. There are several ways to deploy BizTalk applications, including the following:
Deploying from Visual Studio
Building a Microsoft Installer (MSI) package that can be exported or imported between environments
Using command line-based tools, such as
MSBuildandBtsTaskLeveraging community frameworks, such as BizTalk Deployment Framework and NANT
Using command-line or third party-based deployment tools are out of the scope of both the exam and this chapter, so we are not going to go into any detail in these areas. Instead, we will focus on deploying BizTalk applications from Visual Studio and using MSI packages.