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InstallShield AdminStudio Professional 6.0 
by Bob Kelly

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 Final Thoughts

If you have not had your hands on AdminStudio in a while, I recommend you take a look at my last review of version 5.5 as well. I’ve covered a few key upgrades here, but AdminStudio already had quite a bit to offer.

In addition to these items I thought were key, there are considerable other enhancements as well. To name a few: a new Package Auto Import feature allows you to simply place a package in a specified folder where it will be automatically detected and imported into the Application Catalog. You can now scan for file dependencies in the Application Catalog and can include these dependencies in your conflict analysis. If you are an Oracle shop, AdminStudio now supports Oracle to store its Application Catalog database. Some of the ConflictSolver ACE rules have been enhanced and the output from these checks are consolidated and summarized in its reports.

InstallShield have managed to outdo themselves once again; AdminStudio does not only seem to do everything, but it seems to do everything quite well. New features like its InstallScript MSI installation conversion tool and Process Assistant make this worth a very close look. If you are evaluating a new solution, or rethinking your current tools, do yourself a favor and get your hands on the latest demo.
 

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