How to Create a BizTalk Server Export Package

After you finish testing your BizTalk application in your development environment, you can put the associated dependencies into an export package. After you create the export package, you can then move your BizTalk application to a staging or live server.

Note

The process for creating an export package for a BizTalk application that uses the BizTalk Adapter for Host Applications is identical to creating any other export package that uses an adapter.

To create an export package for an application that uses the BizTalk Adapter for Host Applications

1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006, and then click BizTalk Server Administration.

2. In the console tree, expand BizTalk Server 2006 Administration, expand the BizTalk group, and then expand Applications.

3. Right-click the application that you want to export, point to Export, and then click MSI file.

4. On the Welcome to the Export MSI File Wizard page, click Next.

5. On the Select Resources page, select the artifacts to export into the .msi file, and then click Next.

6. If you are prompted, on the Specify IIS Hosts page, type the server name of the computer hosting the virtual directory that you want to include, and then click Next.

   You will be prompted to specify the server only if the virtual directory has not been previously added to the BizTalk Management database, such as when it was added to the application or was imported in an application.

7. On the Dependencies page, review the dependencies for the application, and then click Next.

8. On the Destination page, in Destination application name, type the application name.

9. In MSI file to generate, type the full path for the .msi file, and then click Export.

10. On the Summary page, note the location of the log file for this operation, and then click Finish.

See Also

Creating an Application for the BizTalk Adapter for Host Applications
How to Export the Schema
How to Deploy the BizTalk Server Application