Preparing high-quality, reliable applications and patches for deployment requires many detailed steps and a sophisticated solution with predefined, repeatable processes and leading technology.

Wise Package Studio Professional Edition is an advanced packaging solution providing core functionality for creating and customizing packages and managing and eliminating application and patch conflicts. Professional Edition also provides the starting point for adding extended functionality through the Quality Assurance module, Application Gateway and Enterprise Management Server.

Why Prepare Applications for Deployment?

Preparing applications and patches for deployment is an important undertaking with numerous benefits.

• More reliable deployments
• Faster software rollouts
• Standardized processes and desktops
• Greater return on investment for XP and Vista 

Enterprise Software Packaging

• Includes pre-built templates that guide you through all phases of the enterprise software packaging process
• Easily train teams and ensure consistency with the Workbench interface.
• Manage all of your application data with the Wise Software Repository. Store and manage all your application and patch information, including:
  • Application package files
  • Standard operating environment (SOE)
  • Group Policy Objects
  • Device drivers 

Work With All Installation Technologies

• Easily convert legacy script-based packages, including Microsoft SMS, WiseScript, Novell ZENworks and InstallShield packages into Windows Installer format
• Edit Windows Installer packages in a script environment using MSI Script 

Advanced Packaging and Customization

• Get the most detailed picture possible of an installation's requirements and behavior with SetupCapture
• Make repeated captures on a "non-clean" machine without re-imaging using the revolutionary Virtual Capture
• Customize your packages with multiple tools, including Windows Installer Editor 

Advanced Conflict Managment

• Decide which conflicts to include or exclude, such as date-time stamps
• Automatically detect and resolve conflicts between applications and patches and resources on the desktop with ConflictManager
• Identify and resolve conflicts with the standard operating environment, applications, patches, hotfixes, shared components, device drivers and Group Policy Objects 

Effortless Distribution

Professional Edition is integrated with more distribution systems than any other packaging tool, including:

• Altiris Software Delivery Solution
• Microsoft SMS
• Active Directory
• Novell ZENworks
• LANDesk Management Suite
• IBM Tivoli
• Mobile Lifecycle Management Suite
• Novadigm
• Radia
• ON Command CCM

Professional Edition is available as part of the Wise Package Studio suite of products.