# Deploying SSAS projects on Amazon RDS
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On RDS, you can't deploy SSAS projects directly by using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). To deploy projects, use an RDS stored procedure.

**Note**  
Using .xmla files for deployment isn't supported.

Before you deploy projects, make sure of the following:
+ Amazon S3 integration is turned on. For more information, see [Integrating an Amazon RDS for SQL Server DB instance with Amazon S3](User.SQLServer.Options.S3-integration.md).
+ The `Processing Option` configuration setting is set to `Do Not Process`. This setting means that no processing happens after deployment.
+ You have both the `myssasproject.asdatabase` and `myssasproject.deploymentoptions` files. They're automatically generated when you build the SSAS project.

**To deploy an SSAS project on RDS**

1. Download the `.asdatabase` (SSAS model) file from your S3 bucket to your DB instance, as shown in the following example. For more information on the download parameters, see [Downloading files from an Amazon S3 bucket to a SQL Server DB instance](Appendix.SQLServer.Options.S3-integration.using.md#Appendix.SQLServer.Options.S3-integration.using.download).

   ```
   exec msdb.dbo.rds_download_from_s3 
   @s3_arn_of_file='arn:aws-cn:s3:::bucket_name/myssasproject.asdatabase', 
   [@rds_file_path='D:\S3\myssasproject.asdatabase'],
   [@overwrite_file=1];
   ```

1. Download the `.deploymentoptions` file from your S3 bucket to your DB instance.

   ```
   exec msdb.dbo.rds_download_from_s3
   @s3_arn_of_file='arn:aws-cn:s3:::bucket_name/myssasproject.deploymentoptions', 
   [@rds_file_path='D:\S3\myssasproject.deploymentoptions'],
   [@overwrite_file=1];
   ```

1. Deploy the project.

   ```
   exec msdb.dbo.rds_msbi_task
   @task_type='SSAS_DEPLOY_PROJECT',
   @file_path='D:\S3\myssasproject.asdatabase';
   ```