How to automate installation of the MSMQ components on a Windows client

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I'm looking at message queueing for client/server communication in a new product. One of the problems with MSMQ is that it's not installed by default on most Windows desktops, and that it doesn't seem to be available as a redistributable for inclusion in our MSI.

Given that the administrator will have access to Microsoft SMS or ConfigMgr or similar, how do I persuade them that it's easy to install? That is: how do I automate installation of the MSMQ components?

Best Answer

This should get you started:

You will need to do the following to get an unattended installation of MSQM:

  1. Create the files InstallMSMQ.bat and MSMQ.txt based on the text below
  2. Have an ISO of the OS that your using available via a network share called Iso Library
  3. Have Pismo File Mount downloaded and available via a network share called resource
  4. Run the script something like PSExec that connects to the machine and tells the machine to run the script from a network share

InstallMSMQ.bat

:Variables
:: Path Variables
SET IsoPath=\\server1\ISO Library
SET ResourcePath=\\server2\Resource
SET ScriptPath=%~dp0
SET ScriptPath=%ScriptPath:~0,-1%
SET MountPath=m:

:: Application Variables
SET PismoMount=pfm mount -m %MountPath%
SET PismoUnMount=pfm unmount

echo -Installing Pismo File Mount
"%ResourcePath%\pfmap-051.exe" /q

echo Configuring Windows install location source path
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\ /v "SourcePath" /t REG_SZ /d %MountPath%\ /f
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\ /v "ServicePackSourcePath" /t REG_SZ /d %MountPath%\ /f

sysocmgr /i:%WINDIR%\inf\sysoc.inf /u:"%ScriptPath%\MSMQ.txt" /x /q

MSMQ.txt

[Version]  
Signature = "$Windows NT$"  
 
[Global]  
FreshMode = Custom  
MaintenanceMode = RemoveAll  
UpgradeMode = UpgradeOnly  
 
[Components]  
msmq = on
msmq_Common = on
msmq_Core = on
msmq_TriggersService = on
msmq_HTTPSupport = off
msmq_LocalStorage = on 
msmq_ADIntegrated = off

[Msmq]  
ControllerServer=  
SupportingServer=  
ServerAuthenticationOnly=  
Site=

If you need more information about the various parts of the script let me know and I will try to write up something that explains all the parts.

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