Why Does DTS Not Support an MSI-Based Deployment?
MSI-based deployment has the advantage of a complete stand-alone install, but it would require the re-distribution of DTS binaries. If an important security patch is required, it would be impossible to get the fix out to every deployment target in a managed fashion. The current deployment utility requires target servers to have an existing installation of DTS as this is a much more serviceable model for administrators.
