Wise Installation Studio

Supports Windows Installer (.MSI) and WiseScript Technologies

Complete listing of Wise Installation Studio 7 features

Wise Installation Studio 7 is a new installer product from Altiris that combines Windows Installer and WiseScript technologies to give you flexibility in installation authoring. Create installations for desktop, server, web or mobile platforms with features that support the latest technologies including Microsoft* Windows Vista, 64-bit, virtualization and more.

Your choice: Windows Installer or Wisescript

It's your choice: create an installation using the technology that best fits your requirements: Windows Installer or WiseScript. Build either a fully-functional .MSI or WiseScript installation with a few mouse clicks. The complexities of Windows Installer are simplified and incorporated into the intuitive interface, so you can easily build an installation without understanding the complicated inner workings of Windows Installer. And WiseScript has been used in thousands of setup.exe installations with reliable results.

Support for new technologies

We work closely with Microsoft® to integrate the latest technologies into our products, such as Microsoft Windows Vista, the Microsoft .NET Framework, 64-bit support, XML Web services, no-touch deployment and more. If you're developing applications for the .NET Framework, you can work directly in Visual Studio .NET or author in a standalone environment.

With our Microsoft Windows Vista support you get:

Ability to check for the presence of Windows Vista on target machines
Compatibility with Internet Explorer 7.0
Ability to minimize reboots using the Restart Manager Infrastructure in Vista
Access control for general user and administrator privileges
Enhancements for digital signature support
Validation for Vista logo standards
Support for setting logging options for the installation

Virtualization

Reduce support costs and testing time by creating installations that enable applications to run in a virtualized state when used with Altiris Software Virtualization Solution (SVS). Virtualized applications execute in their own virtual space, without impacting other applications or the base operating system. This dramatically decreases application conflicts and, in turn, reduces supports calls.

You can also install an application into a virtual layer for testing purposes. Once testing is complete, turn off the virtual layer and all testing changes are thrown away. You can even test an application side-by-side with another version of the same application, all without impacting the development machine.

Installations for mobile devices

Applications for mobile devices are increasingly common, and Wise Installation Studio makes installing mobile applications simple. Mobile installation supports installation to storage cards, non-English applications, Pocket PC and Pocket PC/Host PC conduits. Includes support for Windows Mobile 5.0 platform, Windows CE, Pocket PC* 2003 (and older versions), Palm* OS, and the .NET Compact Framework*.

Web-based applications

Move your data-driven Web applications from development to the production environment with a completely seamless, automated process that eliminates time-consuming tasks previously required for configuring Web-based applications.

Customize the installation to prompt the administrator for variables that configure the application during installation
Create multiple Web sites from one installation, including new root Web sites and creating and configuring Virtual Directories.
Install multiple instances of a Web site, such as Web farms, from one installation
Edit XML files, such as web.config, with Dynamic Content Editor
Create dialogs that prompt the administrator for SQL connection strings, .MSI properties or other SQL values with the Custom Property Dialog wizard
Force file reinstallation to install updates on an existing Web application
Test for multiple launch conditions for IIS 5 and 6

Server installations

Create a fully functional server installation in minutes, including configuring SQL Server. Wise Installation Studio makes it easy to eliminate the tedious tasks associated with server installations.

Add and manage users
Connect to and configure Microsoft SQL Server by running SQL Server scripts you create or use your development machine as a model and let Wise Installation Studio create the scripts for you.
Take advantage of advanced features for configuring and deploying data-driven Web applications and Web services.

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