BlackBerry Link v1.2.2 unattended\silent install using the .msi for SCCM 2012

BlackBerry themselves were too lazy to publish a document which tells you how to do a silent install of their latest Blackberry Link Management Software.

I actually went ahead and packaged BlackBerry Link but during testing, it was failing with error 1602 on some machines.

I eventually found out that Microsoft .NET 4.0 is a pre-requisite for BlackBerry link. Figured I'd post the instructions for packaging it in SCCM.

1. Download BlackBerry Link v.1.2.2 and the prerequisite Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0

• BlackBerry Link from: http://www.blackberry.com/blackberrylink
• .NET 4.0 Framework here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=17718

2. BlackBerry Link will come in a .exe archive so use your preferred archive manager to extract the contents

3. Create a two packages in SCCM 2012 with the following silent install commands 

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0
dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe /q /norestart

BlackBerry Link v1.2.2
msiexec.exe /i "BlackBerry Link.msi" /qn /norestart SHORTCUT_DESKTOP=0 ALL_USERS=1

4. For BlackBerry Link in SCCM 2012, set Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 to "Run Another Program First" so the pre-requisite gets installed prior to installing the BlackBerry Link software.