Creating and running Deployment Utility

SSDT provides a very easy way to deploy packages, but one of the big cons of this method of deployment is that if we have 100 SSIS packages then we should do 100 times Save Copy of package as!

We need to create a setup for all packages in the project. Fortunately, SSDT provides a way to create a setup kit named Deployment Utility. Deployment Utility contains all packages and their relevant files in the project with an SSISDeploymentManifest file, which is something like an installation file.

In this recipe, we will create a Deployment Utility and run it to deploy packages.

How to do it...

1. Open the R03_Package Deployment Model project in SSDT.

2. In Solution Explorer, right-click on the project's name and select Properties.

3. On the Project Property page, under Configuration Properties click on Deployment.

4. Set CreateDeploymentUtitlity to True.

   

5. You can also change deployment folder in the DeploymentOutputPath property. However, for the sake of simplicity we leave...