title: Automated/silent install of Biztalk via powershell
body: <p>I have been given the task of automating some pre-requisite installs that need to be done each time we create a new blank virtual machine to roll out in house software out on for testing/bug finding.</p>
  
  <p>The main items are:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>SQL server 2008 R2</li>
  <li>Biztalk</li>
  <li>IIS</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I have found I can automate SQL server quite well with a configuration script it creates the first time you run it, and also found some details for installing IIS with required features from command line however am having trouble with biztalk.</p>
  
  <p>The version of Biztalk concerned is 2009 and I only need to install the 'business rules components' found under 'additional software'. I have searched the net and all guides seem to be refering to automating the configuration of biztalk and not the actual install.</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone know of a way to pickup a configuration file for biztalk post install or generate one purely to install the one component I need silently?</p>
  
  <p>My plan is to then essentially just use powershell to call each installer one after the other and launch them with their associated configuration files one after the other as this seems to be the simplest solution.</p>