This document provides steps required to deploy Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 or 2010 to multiple computers using Endpoint Central.
Before you deploy the software application, ensure that the computers to which you deploy Microsoft Visual Studio meet the system requirements prescribed by Microsoft. Refer to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/4c26cc39%28v=vs.90%29.aspx for more details.
To deploy Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 or 2010, follow the steps given below:
Note: The network share should have read permissions to Everyone in the group and should be accessible from all the computers to which you are trying to install.
- To customize the installation, you would need to create an ini file. Copy the contents of the network share to the computer where you wish to customize the installation
- Open a command prompt and change directory to the Setup and execute the following command
setup.exe /createunattend deploy.ini- Click Next on the installation window that pops up.
- Select Custom option from left pane and click Next.
- Accept the license agreement
- Select the required features to be installed from the left pane and click Save Settings.
- Now, deploy.ini will get created under the Setup directory. Copy this deploy.ini to the network share created in step 1
- Click the Software Deployment tab
- Click Add Package
- Select the MSIEXEC/EXE/ISS/Command package type
- Specify a name for the application
- Specify the Installation Command with Switches/Arguments as below:
To perform a default installation:
<Network Share>\VisualStudio\Setup\setup.exe /q /norestart
To perform full installation:
<Network Share>\VisualStudio\Setup\setup.exe /q /full /norestart
To perform a customized installation (you should have customized your installation as in step 3 above)
<Network Share>\VisualStudio\Setup\setup.exe /unattendfile/ <ini_file_path>\deploy.ini- Click Add Package