Web Application Installerhttp://blogs.technet.com/b/seanearp/archive/2008/12/09/web-application-installer.aspxWow… not sure how I missed this (especially as Scott covered it recently)!  A perfect companion to the Microsoft Web Platform Installer is the Web Application Installer .  Whereas the former installs and configures all of the plumbing (SQL,en-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)