Wise Package Studio 7
Wise Package Studio 7 is an application lifecycle management solution used by deployment and desktop management teams to prepare applications for the enterprise. It is available in the following Editions:
- Standard Edition: a basic, stand-alone packaging tool providing an ad hoc approach to Microsoft Windows Installer packaging and validation
- Professional Edition: an advanced packaging solution providing functionality for MSI migration, creating and customising packages and managing and eliminating application conflicts
- Quality Assurance Edition: a module that can be used in conjunction with the Professional Edition or as a stand-alone product providing a structured plan that tests packaged applications
- Application Gateway: Web-based product that tracks applications from request to distribution, providing a standardised, centralised method of requesting an application and managing the application preparation process
- Enterprise Management Server: a suite of project management and collaboration tools, templates, reports and other features that enable the sharing and managing of resources
- Wise Package Studio Bundle: includes one licence of the Professional Edition, Quality Assurance module and Enterprise Management Server.
Wise Package Studio 7 offers exclusive features
and improvements that make it even easier to prepare applications and patches
for deployment, ensure applications run conflict-free, and manage projects and
work with packaging teams. Some of our exciting features include:
- Get a jumpstart on Microsoft Windows
Vista™. We know that you're probably starting to plan your
migration to Vista. We've included the following enhancements to help you
get Vista-ready:
- Check for the presence of Windows Vista
on target machines
- Compatibility with Internet Explorer 7.0
- Minimize reboots using the Restart
Manager Infrastructure in Vista
- Access control for digital signature
support
- Validation for Vista logo standards
- Set logging options for the installation
- 64-bit Support If you
develop 64-bit applications, then you'll need support for 64-bit
installations.
Wise Package Studio can:
- Manage the 64-bit portion of the
registry and file system
- Author a single .WSI project file that
can create separate .MSIs for both the 32-bit and the 64-bit versions of
an application
- Use the Release Settings page to specify
which components to not install in the 32-bit or 64-bit version of the
installation
- Software virtualization support.
Not only do virtual applications eliminate the possibility of conflicts with
other applications and the base operating system, you can also instantly
activate or deactivate them. Wise Package Studio 7 supports creating,
editing, and managing packages for virtual applications. These packages
enable applications to run in a virtual environment when used with
Altiris Software Virtualization Solution.
- Use SetupCapture to create
virtual software archives (.VSA) packages that work with
Altiris Software Virtualization Solution.
- Clean-up of your development PC
is easier because SetupCapture now uses virtual technology when
a snapshot of an application is created. The captured application’s
virtual software layer that is created by SetupCapture can be deleted or
de-activated to restore the PC to its original state.
- Use the Virtual Package Editor
to create and edit "smart" .VSA packages by including
installation logic to ensure the target system is properly configured to
the virtual application’s requirements.
- Manage virtual software archive
packages using the Software Manager. Import a .VSA into the
Wise Software Repository and analyze it to determine if it will be
adversely affected by the future deployment of a patch or hot fix.
- Try Altiris Software
Virtualization Solution in your environment. 50 free client
licenses of SVS are included with each new license purchased of Wise
Package Studio Professional Edition or Wise Package Studio Suite. If you
own AUP on a Wise Package Studio Professional or Wise Package Studio
Suite license, you can purchase 50 Software Virtualization Solution
licenses for $200 - a $1,250 savings.
- Support for multiple package formats.
In addition to supporting the Windows Installer .MSI format and WiseScript,
Wise Package Studio 7 offers you more choices in packaging formats. This
means more options for creating packages that support various platforms
while using one packaging tool.
- Support for packaging virtual
applications. Wise Package Studio 7 utilizes Altiris Software
Virtualization Solution technology to create and manage packages for
virtual applications. This means you can deploy virtual applications and
take advantage of their ability to be instantaneously activated and
deactivated, eliminate conflicts with other applications and the base
operating system.
- New Linux Package Editor
provides a user-friendly interface for creating and editing RedHat Linux
.RPM packages.
- Enhanced Mobile Device Package
Editor lets you create and edit packages for Smartphone,
PocketPC, and Windows Mobile devices.
- Quality Assurance Enhancements:
Wise Package Studio’s functionality for assuring quality software packages
utilizes virtualization technology and supports testing of Linux packages.
- Test Expert now uses software
virtualization technology to perform application testing in a
virtual software layer. When testing is complete, you can simply delete
or deactivate the virtual software layer to restore the computer to its
original state.
- Test Linux packages by using
Preflight Deployment to determine if the package’s installation
requirements will be met on all computers in the target population
without actually downloading the entire package payload to each
computer.
- Automatic Conflict Detection
- ConflictManager can now be configured to automatically run the
conflict detection process when a package is imported into the Software
Manager database. This saves you time and also ensures consistency
since every package will automatically be checked for conflicts when
it’s imported.
- WiseScript enhancements -
Our popular WiseScript tool, which administrators use to create utilities,
has been enhanced.
- WiseScripts are portable.
Easily move a WiseScript project to another PC by packaging up the
script and all its associated files.
- Use VB scripts as include
scripts and to create or call COM objects
See the complete feature list
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