Deploying Interactively to Multiple BizTalk Servers

Once you understand how to deploy your application to a single BizTalk server, it's easy to extend that knowledge to an entire BizTalk group.

The multi-server deployment process is virtually identical to the single-server process.  The key differences are:

1. The application MSI must be copied to and installed on every server in your BizTalk group
2. The deployment script must be executed on every server in your BizTalk group
3. The checkbox on the last page of the deployment wizard, which asks "is this the LAST server in the BizTalk group," must be set correctly on each server

BizTalk requires application binaries and certain other artifacts to be installed on every BizTalk server that runs the application.  However, the BizTalk application, its port bindings, rule policies and more must be registered in the BizTalk databases only once within the group.  This is the reason why the checkbox asks if this is the last server in the group.

The recommended process is:

1. Identify the complete set of BizTalk servers within the BizTalk group that will run the application
2. Walking through the servers one at a time:
3.        Copy the application MSI to the server
4.        Install the MSI
5.        Deploy the application, unchecking the checkbox on the final page of the deployment wizard
6. On the final server in the list, follow steps 3-5 but check the checkbox on the final page of the deployment wizard

The deployment process on each individual server is the same as the single-server deployment process described earlier.

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