Predeployment Testing
 
Predeployment testing is now available in AdminStudio, which provides an effective means of testing the deployment of a package prior to releasing it with whatever distribution mechanism you have in place. You provide it a source MSI (the one you want to test) and a target MSI file names (the new test version of the package you want to create). The test version of the package performs the following silent tests against target systems and then reports the results to a web service installed on an IIS web server.

• System Search – checks to ensure any configured search conditions are met

• Launch Conditions – checks to ensure any configured launch conditions are met

• Directory Creation Permissions – ensures necessary permission exists to create directories

• File Read Permissions – ensures necessary permission exists to read files

• File Write Permissions – ensures necessary permission exists to write to files

• Disk Space – ensures necessary disk space is available

• Registry Permissions – ensures necessary permission exists to modify the registry

• .NET Framework – ensures the .NET Framework is installed if necessary

• File Association – ensures any specified file associations can be enforced

• File Conflicts – ensures no conflicts exist with current files on the target system

• Registry Conflicts – ensures no conflicts exist with current registry entries on the target system
   

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