Microsoft .NET 4 Framework

The process to deploy .NET 4 involves downloading the Standalone .NET 4 installer .exe and deploying the installation via a BCX Custom Package Task.

Download

Download the Standalone .NET 4 installer (dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe) from:

Next, you need to copy the dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe file to your packages$ share or distribution point

eg \\servername\packages$\EXE\.NET4

If the installation file has been downloaded from the Internet it now needs to be unblocked

How to unblock files downloaded from the Internet for Deployment.

You can now create a custom package task to deploy .NET using the following command:

\\servername\packages$\EXE\.NET4\dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe /q /norestart

After adding the task, only assign to a few individual testing stations to test deployment