Developer: Build WSSX Files Automatically

The Windows Server Solutions SDK has some great new functionality for deploying add-In packages, but these new functions come with added complexity. For Add-In’s to support in-place upgrades there are a bunch of properties that need to be changed whenever a new version of your Add-In is built, forget one and the upgrade process is broken.

Thankfully fellow MVP Sam Wood takes this pain away by demonstrating a solution which automatically builds WSSX files.

Sam gives an overview of the complete build process by deploying a sample add-in assembly project and wraping up the add-In’s files into a Windows Installer (*.msi) package.

A great read for Windows Home Server add-in developers, which you can find here.

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