AdminStudio Standard

Migrate applications to Windows Installer with control over MSI packaging, customization and distribution activities.

Published by Flexera
Distributed by ComponentSource since 2002

Version: 2026 Updated: Feb 18, 2026

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New licenses for AdminStudio Standard are no longer available, however you may continue to renew your existing maintenance for perpetual licenses. If you are interested in new licenses please see AdminStudio Professional or AdminStudio Enterprise.

On 01-Sep-2021, Revenera/Flexera changed the licensing model of the InstallShield and AdminStudio product lines. All new licenses are now 3 year non...

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New licenses for AdminStudio Standard are no longer available, however you may continue to renew your existing maintenance for perpetual licenses. If you are interested in new licenses please see AdminStudio Professional or AdminStudio Enterprise.

On 01-Sep-2021, Revenera/Flexera changed the licensing model of the InstallShield and AdminStudio product lines. All new licenses are now 3 year non-perpetual Timed Subscription licenses. Perpetual licenses are no longer available for purchase. At the end of the Timed Subscription, you have to renew the Subscription to continue to create new/edit existing installation scripts. If you have an existing Perpetual License with Maintenance Plan that was purchased before 1-Sep-2021 AND that Bronze/Silver/Gold Maintenance Plan has not expired, you can renew that active Maintenance Plan for an additional year. If you let that Perpetual License Maintenance Plan expire, you will be required to buy a new Timed Subscription (non-perpetual) license to continue to receive upgrades and support.

AdminStudio Standard Releases

Released: Dec 16, 2022

Updates in 2022 R2 SP1

Features

  • Added support for IAM Authentication for FNMS Integration - You can now integrate with IAM Authentication (Cloud) via the Flexera Service Gateway.
  • Added support for Microsoft Windows 11 - 22H2 and Windows 10 - 22H2 - You will now be able to test compatibility of your applications against the latest Windows Operating Systems: Windows 11 22H2 and Windows 10 22H2.
  • Microsoft PowerShell Cmdlets / REST API Enhancement:
    • The following new PowerShell Cmdlets and REST APIs have been added:
      • Get...

Released: Nov 16, 2022

Updates in 2022 R2

Features

  • MSIX Editor Enhancements
    • Support for New Additional Fixups - You can now apply the following new fixups to an application in an MSIX Package to resolve certain runtime failures.
      • File Not Found Fixup.
      • Executable Arguments Fixup.
      • Registry Fixup.
      • Environment Variable Fixup.
    • Editing of Visual Assets - The Visual Assets view in MSIX Editor is now editable. You can modify the existing visual assets of an MSIX package or generate a new set of visual assets.
    • Support for Non-EXE Applications...

Released: Jul 29, 2022

Updates in 2022 SP1

Features

Support for Microsoft Window Services to MSIX Packages

  • Repackager, Automated Application Converter (AAC), and the Conversion Wizard in Application Manager now support Windows Services for MSIX Packages. A Windows Service installed while converting a legacy package format (MSI/EXE) will be captured and packaged into the MSIX package upon conversion.

Fixes

  • Tuner cannot be launched from the AdminStudio Tools button in the Home tab of the Application Manager and under the Application...

Released: May 27, 2022

Updates in 2022

Features

MSIX Editor Enhancements:

  • Apply File Redirection and Microsoft PowerShell Script Fixups - You can now apply the 'File Redirection Fixup' and the 'PowerShell Fixup' to applications in an MSIX package. This helps resolve runtime errors using the MSIX Editor.
  • Add/Edit/Delete Applications in an MSIX Package - You can now add, edit or delete applications, in selected MSIX packages, using the MSIX Editor.
    • Add Application - You can add application into the selected MSIX package.
    • Edit...

Released: Dec 25, 2021

Updates in 2021 R2 SP1 Patch Release

Features

  • Added a new Microsoft Windows Risk Assessment (VRAWIN001) rule to detect Log4j jar files in a package. When you import a package and run this rule, it will check for log4j files available in a package and generate a warning message.

Released: Dec 16, 2021

Updates in 2021 R2 SP1

Features

  • Support for Microsoft Windows 11 - 21H2 and Windows 10 - 21H2
    • In this release, you can now test compatibility of your applications against the latest Windows Operating Systems – Windows 11 21H2 and Windows 10 21H2.

Released: Oct 6, 2021

Updates in 2021 R2

Features

  • Package Backlog Improvements
    • The following improvements have been added to the Package Backlog to help you better manage your package Backlog requests:
      • A new Add button to manually add a new package request to your package backlog. This will help you manage Backlog package requests.
      • An Edit button to make changes to an existing package request in the Backlog.
      • A Customize button to launch the customization wizard of a selected package to select from various options for customizing the...

Released: Apr 23, 2021

Updates in 2021

Features

  • Package Feed Module - Customization Wizards
    • New custom installation capability provides application specific options for customizing installations which provide a Microsoft Windows Installer Transform (MST) file.
  • Package Backlog Management
    • You can now manage a simple backlog of packaging requests directly within AdminStudio. Set priorities, sort and filter. The list may be populated by importing a CSV file, via a new Microsoft PowerShell Cmdlet and even by a newly documented API to...

Released: Dec 17, 2020

Updates in 2020 R2 SP1

Features

  • AdminStudio and Multi-Tenant FlexNet Manager Suite (On-Premises) Integration - AdminStudio can now integrate with Multi-tenant FlexNet Manager Suite (On-Premises) via Flexera Service Gateway. This integration enables you to fetch Flexera Identifier for applications in AdminStudio catalog from a multi-tenant FlexNet Manager Suite (On-prem) environment.
  • Retaining of Test Rules Selections in an Upgraded Catalog - All your test rule selections in the various test categories like Operating...

Released: Nov 5, 2020

Updates in 2020 R2

Features

  • Added MSIX Editor - MSIX Editor is a tool which enables you to perform the following tasks on the MSIX packages:
    • Open MSIX and Modification packages and get insights into the package.
    • Make your desired changes to MSIX packages.
    • Save the changes made on a MSIX package as a Modification package.
    • Digitally sign MSIX and Modification packages.
    • Trace MSIX packages to identify run time issues.
    • Apply Package Support Framework fixups to fix run time issues.
  • New Rules Included in MSIX Conversion...