Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Thursday, June 12, 2008

ThinApp 4 by VMWare

(Application Packaging )

ThinApp 4 (formerly called Thininstall) is a Application Virtualization Suite,
now part of VMWare.

ThinApp does not require any pre-installed software on physical or virtual PCs and even does not require any new deployment infrastructure. Packagers can use ThinApp to generate application packages in .MSI or .EXE formats.

Features or advantages of ThinApp 4

Application Sync : This feature streams byte-level updates to users’ critical applications inside and outside the enterprise using HTTP/HTTPS, and on managed and non-managed PCs running virtualized applications.
Application Link : This feature allows interdependent applications to communicate with one another.
Conflict-free applications: Applications are isolated from the underlying OS, allowing different versions of an application to run side by side
Package once, deploy anywhere

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

MSI Studio for SCCM

Application Packaging (MSI)

ScriptLogic released its latest version of MSI Studio compatible and Microsoft SCCM and has many new features.

- Importing and exporting MSI packages in the WIX format
- Importing and exporting Industry standard XML file format that was developed by Microsoft and is now widely used in the open source software community
- Support for Windows Server® 2008.

For more information: Visit MSI Studio

Monday, June 9, 2008

Windows Vista : New Elevation PowerToys

Windows Vista with UAC is a blocker installing software or executing scripts which need administrator access.

In Windows Vista we miss the RunAs command for executing the scripts in System Context.

I found a very good and use-ful article in Mircosoft Technet, hope it will be useful for you also

Link : New Elevation PowerToys for Windows Vista

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Windows Power Shell Scripting


Windows PowerShell is a new Windows command-line shell designed especially for system administrators. The shell includes an interactive prompt and a scripting environment that can be used independently or in combination.
For More information

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Microsoft Certifications

Get a second chance to pass your Microsoft Certification exam—free offer!

Due to popular demand, the Second Shot offer has been extended through June 30, 2008! For a limited time, you can take advantage of this free offer—a second shot at any IT professional, developer, project manager, or Microsoft Dynamics certification exam. Just register for this offer before your first exam, and you will get two chances to pass. But this offer won't last forever.

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/offers/secondshot/default.mspx

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Creating Packages using Install Shield

Creating Packages using Install Shield

Creating Packages using Wise

Wise Studio is one of the best tools for authoring / creating packages.

Software Application Packaging Overview

Software Packaging also some times termed / called as Scripting is becoming more important to the business.

Software Packaging has many forms, basic form starts from generating a setup for installing the software on a PC or Computer.

Windows Installer plays an important role in stabilizing the installation of a sofware on a PC or computer and made the installation process Globally Unique by creating this technology. Also most frequently termed as generation of MSI's.