Application Packaging Training- Adminstudio, Installshield

how to repackage the applications and customize the applications and how to install / uninstall the MSI package

What you'll learn

Able to Repackage the applications

What is Application Packaging

How to setup a lab for creating the packages

How to use Installshield Tool to edit the packages

How to use Repackager tool

Install and Uninstall MSI Packages through commandlines / VBScript / Wise Script

Advantages of Application Packaging

Hands-on experience on how to upgrade the packages

Best Practices to create a pacakge

Requirements

Very basic idea of how to Install / Uninstall the Softwares

How to create and manage files / folders using Windows Explorer and the command prompt

Basic Windows terminology (e.g. DLL, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, etc.)

Any Hypervisior (Hyper-V, VmWare Workstation, VirtualBox, etc..)

Description

Overview  of Application What is Application Packaging What is Application Repackaging Difference b/w Packaging and Repackaging Windows Installer History Challenges with the traditional installers (.exe) Advantages of Application Repackaging Introduction to AdminStudio and Installshield  Introduction to Repackager and Tuner tool Lab setup for Repackaging the Applications     Tools required to setup the lab     Introduction to VMWare workstation     How to create and configure the Virtual Machine (VM)     Purpose of Virtual Machine     Installing the Repackaging toolsRepackaging Best Practices     What is image ?     Importance of Clean Machine     Perform the Source ValidationCustomizing the application with Installshield      Customize the files and folders     Customize the Registry keys     Customize the Environment Variables, Services, ODBCMethods to Repackage the Application Using Repackager      Introduction to Remote Repackager      How to configure and access Repackager remotely     What is Installation Monitoring ?     What is SnapShot Method ?Introduction to Self-healing     What is Advertised Shortcuts     Significance of Advertised Shortcuts     What is Self-Healing     How to find the root cause for the Self-healingMSI Logical Structure    Introduction to Features    Introduction to Components    Introduction to ResourcesParent – Child FeaturesSibling FeaturesComponent RulesIntroduction to Windows Installer Transform (.mst)     When to Create a Transform     How to Create a Transform     Commands to Install TransformIntroduction to Custom Actions     Purpose of Custom Actions     Type of Custom Actions     Custom Action Conditions     Practicals on Custom ActionsIntroduction to MSI Upgrades     What is Upgrade ?     Types of MSI Upgrades     Introduction to Small Updates     Introduction to Minor Upgrade     Introduction to Major Upgrade     Commands to Install the each UpgradePackage Deployment     Commands to install / uninstall     Create a VbScript to Install / Uninstall     Create a Wise Script to Install / Uninstall     Commands to create log files     Commands to do the silent install / uninstall   

Overview

Section 1: Course Overview

Lecture 1 Content covered in this Course

Section 2: Background Idea on Application, Package and Repackage

Lecture 2 Overview of Application

Lecture 3 Application Packaging Vs Application Repackaging

Lecture 4 Windows Installer History

Section 3: Challenges with Legacy Installers and Repackaging Advantages

Lecture 5 Challenges with Legacy Installers

Lecture 6 Advantages of Application Repackaging

Section 4: Lab setup for Application Repackaging

Lecture 7 Create Virtual Machine and Install AdminStudio tool

Section 5: Introduction to Installshield

Lecture 8 Introduction to InstallShield Tool

Section 6: Repackaging Best Practices

Lecture 9 Repackaging Best Practices

Lecture 10 Technical Review (or) Source Validation

Section 7: Methods to Repackage the applications Using Repackager Tool

Lecture 11 Repackaging - Installation Monitoring Method

Lecture 12 Repackaging - SnapShot Method

Section 8: Customizations with InstallShield Tool

Lecture 13 Customizations with InstallShield Tool - General Information

Lecture 14 Customizations with InstallShield Tool - MSI Logical Structure

Lecture 15 Customizations with InstallShield Tool - Files and Folders

Lecture 16 Customizations with InstallShield Tool - Registries

Lecture 17 Customizations with InstallShield Tool - Environment Variables - ODBC - Services

Lecture 18 Customizations with InstallShield Tool - Components

Lecture 19 Customizations with InstallShield Tool - Features

Section 9: Self Healing Mechanism

Lecture 20 How to create Advertised shortcuts in MSI package

Lecture 21 Self Healing and the root cause of the self healing

Section 10: How to create Transforms (.mst)

Lecture 22 Creating Windows Installer Transforms (.mst)

Section 11: Types of MSI Upgrades

Lecture 23 Small Updates

Lecture 24 Major Upgrade

Lecture 25 Minor Upgrade

Section 12: Custom Actions

Lecture 26 Introduction to Custom Actions

Lecture 27 Implementation of Custom Actions

Section 13: How to Deploy MSI Packages (Install and Uninstall)

Lecture 28 Install MSI Pacakges manually

Lecture 29 Install MSI packages using VBScript

Lecture 30 Install MSI packages using Wise Script

Desktop Admin / System Admin / SCCM Admin / Citrix Admin / Server Admin,Has interest on Automating the software install / uninstall,Any L1 level professionals wants to enhance their skillset to add value to their profile