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Flexera Software (formerly Acresso Software) - the makers of InstallShield and AdminStudio
- is fully dedicated to powering the business of software for customers. For over 25 years, Flexera’s installation and distribution solutions have helped software and hardware producers and their customers maximise revenue, cut costs and eliminate manual processes. |
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AdminStudio® allows IT to quickly prepare
reliable virtual and MSI packages for error-free rollout with leading
software deployment solutions. A complete application readiness toolset,
AdminStudio also provides automated tools to help ensure application
portfolios migrate smoothly to a new OS, including Windows 7™.
Software deployments and OS migrations are among
the riskiest functions of IT. Deploying a poorly prepared or tested software
package can crash mission-critical applications, slow productivity, and send
help desk costs soaring.
AdminStudio automates application preparation
to help ensure MSI packages deploy successfully with today’s most popular
deployment tools. AdminStudio combines powerful MSI repackaging,
customization, testing, and application virtualization preparation
technologies with Web-based process management tools to significantly cut IT
costs and increase software's reliability.
Prepare Reliable MSIs for Error-Free
Deployment
- Cut MSI packaging time by up to 70%
- Deploy software to desktops with 99%
success or better
- AdminStudio works with all the leading
software deployment tools, including Microsoft® Configuration Manager,
Novell® ZENworks®, LANDesk® Management Suite, BMC® Marimba®, Tivoli®,
and ManageSoft®
Migrate MSI to Windows 7 Quickly and
Accurately
- Migrate your software application
portfolio to Windows 7 without repackaging them all over again
- Run automated tests on MSI to
identify Windows 7-related problems and have AdminStudio fix them
Adopt Application Virtualization without
Starting from Scratch
- Save time by having AdminStudio
convert MSI to virtual packages – no extra repackaging
- AdminStudio is the only MSI packaging
solution to support multiple application virtualization formats,
including
Microsoft® App-V™, VMware® ThinApp™* and Citrix® XenApp™.
- Application virtualization scanner
saves time by identifying which MSI software are good candidates for
application virtualization
Centrally Manage Your Entire Application
Portfolio
- Access all software binary files and
metadata for virtual and MSI packages from a single database
- Always know exactly what is in the
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Edition comparison
AdminStudio is available in Standard,
Professional, and Enterprise Editions.
Standard Edition
AdminStudio Standard Edition provides a
cost-effective way for software packagers to migrate applications to Windows
Installer. It gives you control over MSI packaging, customization, and
distribution activities, helping you rapidly and reliably package and deploy
applications.
- Standardize applications on the MSI format
- Customize applications with a variety of
methods
- Seamlessly handoff software packages to
deployment solutions such as MicrosoftSystem Center Configuration Manager
2007, ZENworks, LANDesk, BMCConfiguration Management, Citrix, Tivoli, and
ManageSoft
Professional Edition
AdminStudio Professional Edition is loaded with
automated tools that make MSI packaging, editing, and testing a snap. It makes
it easy for software packagers to prepare reliable, tested MSIs for
conflict-free deployment to any Windows OS, including Vista.
- Standardize applications on the MSI format
- Customize applications with a variety of
methods
- Identify and eliminate software conflicts
- Run automated QA and validation tests to
ensure software runs reliably
- Seamlessly handoff software packages to
deployment solutions such as MicrosoftSystem Center Configuration Manager
2007, ZENworks, LANDesk, BMCConfiguration Management, Citrix, Tivoli, and
ManageSoft.
Enterprise Edition
AdminStudio Enterprise Edition is Flexera's most
advanced software packaging solution. It not only provides IT teams with
sophisticated MSI packaging, customization, testing, and multiple virtualization
technologies, it also has the enterprise-class Web-based tools packaging teams
need to work together securely and efficiently.
Please note: AdminStudio
Enterprise Edition is the only packaging solution to support multiple
virtualization technologies: Thinstall and Citrix. However, Enterprise Edition
customers must also purchase the AdminStudio Virtualization Pack to receive
support for these virtualization formats.
AdminStudio Enterprise Edition is the ideal
solution for software packaging teams responsible for enterprise-wide software
deployments, Windows Vista OS migrations, patch testing, and desktop
management.
- Standardize applications on the MSI format
- Create virtual applications for
conflict-free deployment (with the Virtualization Pack)
- Customize applications with a variety of
methods
- Identify and eliminate software conflicts
- Run automated QA and validation tests to
ensure software runs reliably
- Seamlessly handoff software packages to
deployment solutions such as Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
2007, ZENworks, LANDesk, BMC Configuration Management, Citrix, Tivoli, and
ManageSoft
- Store all data about your applications, as
well as the binary files themselves, in a single searchable database
- Generate detailed reports to improve
software packaging and process management
- Schedule conflict testing tasks to run
without user intervention
- Centrally manage user access rights to
AdminStudio
- Quickly locate, edit, and re-store any
version of any package in your environment
- Speed up patch testing by proactively
identifying the applications in your environment it will affect.
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Support for Multiple Virtualization Formats
Only AdminStudio can convert applications to both Thinstall and Citrix
virtual packages.
Virtual applications cut IT costs by preventing software conflicts
and eliminating the need for regression testing.
AdminStudio now gives you the ability to quickly convert applications
into both Thinstall and Citrix virtual packages. It’s the only packaging
solution that lets you choose from multiple virtualization formats, so
you can pick the format that best fits different situations.
AdminStudio comes with both Thinstall and Citrix Assistants that save
you time and effort by walking you through either virtualization process
in minutes, including the customizing of virtual packages. It gives you
complete control over every aspect of virtual packages, from modifying
registry settings to controlling isolation options at a granular level,
quickly and easily.
The AdminStudio Virtualization Pack is available to customers who
have the AdminStudio Enterprise Edition and who purchase a Acresso
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Windows Vista Migration Support
AdminStudio has the tools that let you migrate legacy applications to
Windows Vista 70% faster.The release of Windows Vista means serious
headaches for IT Managers responsible for OS migration.
But don't worry, AdminStudio now eases your migration pains with full
support for Windows Vista. It has automated, time-saving tools that let
you migrate your legacy applications to Windows Vista 70% faster.
AdminStudio can convert any software package to a reliable MSI that
is 100% compliant with the Microsoft Windows Vista Quality Program. You
can also use AdminStudio to customize and test MSIs to ensure they'll
deploy smoothly without conflict and run properly on Windows Vista
machines.
AdminStudio automatically pinpoints which of your legacy applications
need to be repackaged for Windows Vista and which do not, so you don't
waste time with unnecessary work. AdminStudio will correct any issues to
ensure your mission-critical applications are compatible with Windows
Vista.
Plus, AdminStudio itself runs on Windows Vista, so you can follow
best practices by performing MSI repackaging and testing on machines
running the same Windows Vista OS as your target environment. |
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PackageExpert Package
Expert saves you time by running MSI validation and QA tests on your MSI
packages and automatically fixing any errors.
PackageExpert provides a
comprehensive testing framework for testing and validating your software
packages. It saves you time by letting you configure and run MSI
validation and QA tests on your MSI packages and automatically fixes any
errors for you. You can also create and run your own custom tests. With
PackageExpert, you can:
- Run validation tests are to ensure packages conform to strict
Windows Vista standards
- Automatically pre-test legacy packages that you wish to redeploy
to new systems running Windows Vista
- Select and configure specific tests, test groups, and test
scenarios to run on your software packages
- Automatically run your test scenarios against part or all of
your Application Catalogue at will, checking for specific error
conditions or conflicts
- Create custom tests that check for and correct conditions you
have established within your own packaging standards
PackageExpert helps you establish and enforce packaging standards
that ensure that your MSIs deploy smoothly and run properly on any
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Centralized Application Catalogue
The Application Catalogue is a centralized database containing every
application, patch, operating system, and related data in your
enterprise.At the core of AdminStudio is the Application Catalogue.
This centralized database is a comprehensive repository containing every
application, patch, operating system, and related data in your
enterprise.
Using AdminStudio's Web-based interface, you can run searches of the
Application Catalogue from anywhere to quickly locate applications,
groups of packages, merge modules, patches, and more. You never again
have to guess whether or not a package is in your environment — with the
Application Catalogue, you always know. Applications can be quickly
located, checked out, edited, and re-imported as needed.
Packages in the catalogue can be grouped to mirror your baseline
systems or any user group and business unit in your environment, making
it easier to test new packages before deployment and centrally manage
installed applications.
For large organizations with packaging teams in multiple locations,
AdminStudio can automatically synchronize all your Application
Catalogues, making the most recent packages and packaging data available
in each location.
CMDB Support for ITIL, MOF, or BDD Implementations
AdminStudio and Acresso's Workflow Manager (sold separately) now share
the same Application Catalogue, so package-related data in AdminStudio
and packaging process management data in Workflow Manager are linked and
accessible via AdminStudio's Report Center and can into your CMDB. It
provides a foundation for Definitive Software Library (DSL) support in
your ITIL or Microsoft MOF and BDD implementations. |
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Web-Based Report Center
Generate and share reports for quickly repairing problems and expertly
manage applications.AdminStudio has comprehensive reporting
functionality that enables you to generate reports from the data stored
in the Application Catalogue, making it easier for you and your team to
centrally manage your environment.
Report Center enables you to generate detailed, customizable reports
on packages with particular characteristics, including files, shortcuts,
registry entries, and more. These reports not only improve the quality
of the packaging process, they are invaluable in assisting with quickly
diagnosing and repairing application problems.
Reports are accessible anywhere via the Web-based interface and can
be exported into numerous file formats for easy sharing and archiving.
Report Center has also been enhanced with a streamlined UI, links to
important package data, and improved search features that make it even
easier to find the data you need. Plus, you can enter custom SQL queries
to generate reports on all data on a given package.
CMDB Support for ITIL, MOF, or BDD Implementations
AdminStudio and Acresso's Workflow Manager (sold separately) now share
the same Application Catalogue, so package-related data in AdminStudio
and packaging process management data in Workflow Manager are linked and
accessible via Report Center and can feed into your CMDB. It provides a
foundation for Definitive Software Library (DSL) support in your ITIL or
Microsoft MOF and BDD implementations. |
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Eliminate Software Conflicts
Automatically detect and eliminate conflicts between Windows Installer
packages and installed apps before you deploy.
Every time you distribute applications and patches you run the risk
of creating software conflicts that crash other applications and disrupt
systems across your environment. AdminStudio gives systems
administrators everything needed to prepare conflict-free, reliable
software packages for deployment.
First, it gives you the ability to quickly convert applications into
both Thinstall and Citrix virtual packages. Virtual packages prevent
software conflicts by running in their own isolated environment.
Second, AdminStudio’s ConflictSolver lets you test your MSI packages
and patches for conflicts against any application and operating system
in your enterprise (including Windows Vista) before you deploy.
Depending on the conflict, AdminStudio either instantly corrects it or
helps you fix it according to your corporate standards.
ConflictSolver has a Process Assistant to guide you through the
conflict detection and resolution process. Plus, the Web-based Job
Manager helps speed up conflict testing by letting you schedule common
tasks — such as package import, validation, and conflict resolution — to
run automatically, day or night. No human intervention is required.
Finally, AdminStudio also has the Application Isolation Wizard that
can automatically scan MSI packages to determine if they are fully
isolated and using only local resources and DLLs. If there is a problem,
the Application Isolation Wizard can partially or totally isolate an
application before you deploy it, ensuring installed applications are
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Quality Assurance Testing
Test packages before deployment to ensure they will install correctly
and behave reliably.It is essential to thoroughly test packages
before deployment to ensure they will install successfully and behave
reliably throughout their lifecycle.
AdminStudio's QualityMonitor is a complete quality assurance solution
that automatically tests your packages to guarantee they will work– and
continue to work – as expected once installed.
QualityMonitor automatically verifies that all installation elements
— such as file extensions and shortcuts — are configured correctly, and
it also makes sure that no un-installation problems exist and that the
application has sufficient access rights to operate in a locked-down
environment.
PackageExpert saves you time by running MSI validation and QA tests
on your MSI packages and automatically fixing any errors. You can also
create and run your own custom tests. It helps you ensure MSIs deploy
smoothly and run properly on any Windows platform, including Vista.
The Rules Wizard gives you the ability to easily create your own
custom business rules to identify applications that violate your
corporate standards. These corporate validation rules can be set to
automatically run against every package – and no programming is needed.
AdminStudio can also simulate the deployment of an application or
patch without physically installing it on any machine. Not only will
AdminStudio determine any issues with install conditions and access
rights, it will also check for conflicts with other installed packages.
Deployment results are reported back without risk to your environment,
enabling you to make the necessary corrections before actual deployment.
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Convert Any Setup to Windows Installer
Only AdminStudio has the technology to convert any setup, even
InstallScript MSIs, into pure Windows Installer packages.
Migrating
software to the Windows Installer (MSI) format is the first step to
ensuring its successful deployment, long-term reliability, and
problem-free coexistence with the other applications installed in your
environment.
Only AdminStudio has the ability to convert any setup into a 100%
pure MSI package. The enhanced Repackager does all the work for you
quickly and accurately. No more waiting for snapshots or scrolling
through file exclusion lists— all the system changes made by a setup —
and only those changes — are automatically captured. You get the most
accurate MSI possible, and you get it in far less time.
Convert Software to Windows Vista-Ready MSIs
AdminStudio helps ensure software runs reliably on Windows Vista (or any
Windows OS) by automatically repackaging any setup to a fully compliant
MSI package. AdminStudio itself runs on Windows Vista, so you can follow
best practices by performing MSI repackaging and testing on machines
running the same Windows Vista OS as your target environment.
Only Solution for Packaging InstallShield Setups
AdminStudio is the only tool that can see inside native InstallShield
setups, automatically capture their information, and accurately convert
them into MSIs. No matter if the original installation is 100%
InstallScript™ or an InstallScript MSI mix, only AdminStudio can
repackage it into a pure, accurate MSI.
AdminStudio can also automatically convert SMS, Novell ZENworks,
WinINSTALL, and Wise WSE software packages directly into robust MSIs
without repackaging. |
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Package Applications Quickly and Correctly
Intelligent, automated tools speed you through the software packaging
process.
Software packaging can be extremely time consuming and inaccurate if
performed manually or with inferior tools. The results are often
low-quality MSI packages with incomplete functionality that perform
poorly once deployed.
AdminStudio has the timesaving tools you need to package your
software quickly and correctly. AdminStudio automated tools and
intelligent wizards speed you through a structured software packaging
process based on best practices that you can tailor to fit your
company's standards. It recognizes issues and automatically recommends
the best ways to correct them, enabling you to prepare reliable packages
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Customize MSIs with InstallShield 2008
The AdminStudio Editor is powered by InstallShield 2008, the world's
standard in MSI customization and authoring.
With AdminStudio, you can
quickly customize MSI and virtual packages to meet the needs of every
group in your enterprise.
AdminStudio's Editor enables you to directly edit any part of an MSI
installation, such as adding or modifying files or registry entries,
adding merge modules and Web services, modifying any user interface
elements you choose to display, and changing shortcuts.
The Editor is powered by InstallShield, the world's standard in MSI
authoring and editing. This latest version is loaded with tools that
make it easy to customize Windows Vista-ready MSIs and author your own
installations for Windows Vista, such as Vista validation, UAC support,
elevation-free patching. It also includes faster XML file change testing
and the InstallShield Best Practices Validation Suite.
Plus, the Editor now makes it easy to edit every aspect of Thinstall
packages and Citrix virtual profiles, from modifying registry settings
to controlling isolation options at a granular level, quickly and
easily. (Please note, Thinstall and Citrix support requires the
AdminStudio Virtualization Pack.)
AdminStudio also provides a fast way to build Windows Installer
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Hand Off Packages to Any Deployment Solution
Automatically release packages to any deployment solution, including
MicrosoftSystem Center Configuration Manager 2007, Novell ZENworks,
LANDesk, BMCConfiguration Management, Citrix*, Thinstall*, Tivoli, and
ManageSoft. (* with Virtualization Pack purchase)
AdminStudio makes it easy for you to release software packages to any
software deployment solution — including Microsoft System Center
Configuration Manager 2007, Novell ZENworks, LANDesk, BMC Configuration
Management, Citrix, Tivoli, and ManageSoft.
Microsoft, Novell, Citrix, and Thinstall have even named AdminStudio
their preferred packaging solution, recommending that their customers
use it to prepare software for deployment.
Just tell AdminStudio's Distribution Wizard the deployment solution
you wish to use, and the wizard automatically creates the
system-specific files necessary to successfully deploy your package.
AdminStudio also has a Configuration Manager Web Console that
simplifies and streamlines SCCM 2007 distributions. All your SCCM 2007
administration needs — including targeting, publishing, advertising, and
un-installation — are met from this Web-based interface.
For those organizations not using a third-party deployment solution,
AdminStudio also facilitates distributing your packages via network
destinations, FTP servers, administrative installations, and more.
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Announcing the launch of the
award-winning AdminStudio 9.5
For all your Windows 7
distributions and application virtualisation migration
AdminStudio 9.5 enables users to accelerate
Microsoft Windows 7 and application virtualisation migrations with a single
application readiness toolset, minimising the risk, time and cost of migrations.
AdminStudio speeds traditional MSI preparation time by up to 70 percent and can
accelerate preparation of applications for Microsoft App-V up to nine times
faster than native tools.
What’s New in
AdminStudio 9.5
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Tools for Windows 7 Migrations:
AdminStudio 9.5
takes the complexity out of migrating applications to Windows 7. AdminStudio 9.5
creates packages for Windows 7 deployment, using Windows 7 exclusion lists for
accurate packages, test for Windows 7 application suitability, and more.
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More Application Virtualisation Support:
AdminStudio 9.5 expands the features to accelerate virtual application
preparation, including even more Windows Installer configurations to
automatically bulk-convert the most challenging applications. AdminStudio 9.5
supports the latest releases of Microsoft App-V 4.6 and VMware ThinApp 4.0.3.
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Powerful Editing with InstallShield 2010:
AdminStudio is now powered by the latest version of the world’s leading MSI
authoring and editing tool, InstallShield 2010. InstallShield is the most widely
used and trusted solution for authoring high-quality Windows Installer and
InstallScript installations, plus App-V software packages.
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Please Note:
- Upgrades are only available from current
supported versions.
- Support and maintenance are available
- When purchasing upgrades please
contact us to confirm that the version of the product you are upgrading from
is currently supported.
Maintenance Plans are only available for current
products, and can only be purchased as part of a bundle with a current Flexera
Software product. If you own a previous version of a Acresso Software product,
these bundles are also available at special upgrade pricing. At this time,
Maintenance Plans cannot be purchased separately. |
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