InstallShield Premier Features

Create Professional Installations

• Support for fonts in MSIX
• Build InstallShield Projects in a Azure DevOps Pipeline
• MSIX - Modification Packages
• MSIX - Support for MSIX Core
• Pure 64 installers
• AWS CloudHSM-based Digital Signing
• Simplified Builds Within Docker
• Automated Patch Design
• Create Windows® Installer (MSI) Installations
• Create Windows Installer Major and Minor Upgrades
• Create Windows Installer Patches (MSP) Limited
• Create native MSIX packages
• Easily convert any MSI file into an MSIX package
• Create and Edit Windows Installer Transforms (MST)
• Robust Transform Projects Support. Microsoft® Visual Studio® Integration
• Create Windows Server App Packages (WSA) from MSI Projects
• Combine Multiple App Packages into One
• Create InstallScript (Setup.exe) Installations
• Create Advanced Bootstrappers with Suite Installations
• Enhanced Control for Suite Installation Authors
• Streaming Installations that Download Installation Components as Needed
• Create Traditional Installations and Microsoft App-V Packages from the Same Build Process
• Multi-Instance Product Installations
• Upgrade Multi-instance Installations
• Check for the Latest Version of a Setup Any Time an Installation is Run
• Advanced UI Editor
• Windows Installer Dialog Editor
• End-User Dialog Themes for Windows Installer-Based Projects
• Custom Windows Tiles
• Billboard Support for Custom Branding
• Support for HTML Controls on InstallScript Dialogs
• One-Click Installations from the Web
• DLL, EXE, VBScript, and JScript Custom Actions
• Extend Suite/Advanced UI Projects with C# and InstallScript Actions
• PowerShell Custom Actions
• Managed-Code Custom Actions

Develop Using Best Practices

• Mapped MSI Table Relationships
• Ensure Compatibility with Application Virtualization Formats
• Windows Logo Validation Testing
• InstallShield Best Practices Validation Testing
• Include Microsoft® System Center 2012 Configuration Manager App Model Metadata for Enterprise Deployments
• Support for Microsoft® Certificate Requirements including SHA 1 and SHA-256
• Design DPI-Aware Installations
• Designer to create a fresh, modern look

Develop and Deploy Globally

• Multilingual Support – 35 Languages
• Unicode Support in Most InstallShield Views

Support the Latest Platforms

• Create Pure 64-Bit Installations (Windows Installer)
• Install 64-bit Applications (Windows Installer)
• Install 64-bit Applications (InstallScript)
• Sideload Windows Store Apps
• Install Windows Device Drivers Using DIFx 2.1.1

Create Installations for Web and Multi-tier Applications

• Support for .NET Framework (32-bit and 64-bit)
• Multi-Tier Installation Template
• Install Web Applications to Microsoft® Azure™ and Microsoft® IIS using Microsoft Web Deploy
• PowerShell Suite Actions for Server Configuration
• Enable Windows Roles and Features During Your Installation
• Deploy Databases to Microsoft SQL Server
• Deploy Databases to Microsoft Azure SQL Databases
• Deploy Databases to Oracle
• Deploy Databases to MySQL
• Database Import Wizard
• Deploy Websites to IIS 8 with SSL Certificates Limited
• IIS Web Services Support
• IIS Tools for Web Apps Limited Limited
• XML File Updating
• Configure Windows Users and Groups

Save Time and Develop Efficiently

• Identify what existing InstallShield projects require change to meet Microsoft MSIX standards
• Automation Interface for Advanced UI and Suite/Advanced UI Projects
• Provision Virtual Machines from the InstallShield IDE for Testing Installations
• Monitor for COM Extraction (32-bit and 64-bit)
• Registry-Free COM Registration (Application Manifests)
• COM+ Support
• Library of Redistributable Prerequisites for Windows Installer Installations
• Library of Redistributable Prerequisites for InstallScript Installations
• Associate Prerequisites with Features
• Prerequisite Editor
• Upgrade Installation Project Files from Any Previous Version of InstallShield
• Network Repositories to Share Dialogs, Scripts and Templates with Team Members
• Local Repositories to Share Dialogs, Scripts and Templates Across Multiple Projects
• Automate Events at Build Time
• Reusable Project Templates
• Static and Dynamic File Dependency Scanners
• LZX Compression Option (Windows Installer Projects)
• Display Installation Progress on the Taskbar
• Easily Edit Installation Strings
• Specify Custom Icon and Version Resource Properties Partial
• Support for Restart Manager
• Virtual Machine Detection
• Easily Edit XML Files During Installation
• Easily Edit Text Files on the Destination Machine During Installation
• Easily Create System Searches Limited
• Mark Files for Deletion as Part of an Installation Through Interaction with  MSI RemoveFiles Action
• Set Windows Permissions
• Enforce End User License Agreement (EULA) Reading Before Installing
• Print the End User License Agreement while Installing the Application
• Call .NET Assemblies from InstallScript
• Command-Line Builder
• Complete Project Debugging
• File Dependency Scanning
• MSI Log Analyzer
• Source Code Control Integration
• Save InstallShield Projects as XML
• MSI Difference Checking
• Detailed Build Reports
• Microsoft Team Foundation Server Integration
• Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) Support
• Microsoft® Visual Studio® Integration
• InstallShield Standalone Build - 5 Licenses