AdminStudio 2018
AdminStudio 2018 Limited Edition for LANDesk Management Suite is a customized version of AdminStudio that allows system administrators to rapidly prepare reliable Windows Installer (.msi) software packages for distribution across their enterprises. AdminStudio enables companies to take full advantage of the benefits of Windows Installer and reduces total cost of ownership by simplifying the installation, customization, and management of applications.
| • | LANDesk Edition Components |
| • | LANDesk Edition Customizations |
| • | Evaluating AdminStudio Limited Edition for LANDesk Management Suite |
AdminStudio 2018 LANDesk Edition includes the following AdminStudio tools:
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Tool |
Description |
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Repackager |
Use the Snapshot method of the Repackaging Wizard to repackage and convert LANDesk files into Windows Installer packages. Note • For more information, see Repackager Customizations. |
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Distribution Wizard |
Prepare a Windows Installer package for LANDesk distribution. In LANDesk distribution, the MSI package along with all the setup files are copied to a network location. Note • For more information, see Distribution Wizard Customizations. |
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Tuner |
Use to quickly create transforms (.mst), including Response File transforms, to customize software already in the Windows Installer format and automatically validate that any changes conform to Microsoft guidelines. |
LANDesk Edition Customizations
Additional information about the components available in AdminStudio 2018 Limited Edition for LANDesk Management Suite is presented in the following sections:
| • | LANDesk Server Connection Requirement |
| • | Repackager Customizations |
| • | Distribution Wizard Customizations |
| • | Application Catalogs |
| • | Projects and Process Templates |
LANDesk Server Connection Requirement
The first time you launch an AdminStudio LANDesk Edition tool, you will be prompted to log in to a LANDesk Management Suite Server. After a successful login, you will not be prompted to login again.
In the AdminStudio LANDesk Edition, you can use the Repackaging Wizard’s Snapshot method to repackage a legacy installation (.exe) and convert it to a Windows Installer package.
However, you need to upgrade to Standard Edition in order to use the Repackager interface to open and modify Repackager project files, convert other legacy installation types to a Repackager project, create an InstallShield Editor project (.ism), build an isolated Windows Installer package, or to configure the exclusions used when repackaging a legacy installation.
Note • Repackager projects (.irp) allow you to visually analyze the files, .ini files, shortcuts, and registry entries captured or changed during the conversion of a legacy setup into a Windows Installer package. You can also exclude files, shortcuts, registry entries, and .ini files from the resulting Windows Installer package, without affecting the original setup data.
Distribution Wizard Customizations
AdminStudio LANDesk Edition includes a customized version of the Distribution Wizard that enables you to distribute a package to a LANDesk server, as an administrative install, to an FTP location, or to a Network location.
LANDesk Edition users do not need access to AdminStudio Application Catalog databases. Therefore, in AdminStudio LANDesk Edition, you cannot connect to an Application Catalog or create a new Application Catalog.
Projects and Process Templates
Since the Process Assistants tab (formerly the Projects tab) and Process Template Editor (formerly the Workflow Templates tab) in the AdminStudio interface are used primarily to manage application migration projects, they are disabled in the LANDesk Edition.
Evaluating AdminStudio Limited Edition for LANDesk Management Suite
If you have AdminStudio Limited Edition for LANDesk Management Suite, you can choose to evaluate AdminStudio for 45 days (instead of the typical 21 days). Also, the set of tools available to you in evaluation mode depends upon the selection you made on the Setup Type panel during installation:
| • | Typical—If you chose this Setup Type option during installation, only the tools included in this Limited Edition were installed. Therefore, only those tools will be available to you during your evaluation period. |
| • | Custom—If you chose this Setup Type option during installation, all of the AdminStudio Enterprise Edition client tools were installed. Therefore, all of those tools will be available to you during your evaluation period. |
AdminStudio 2018 Help LibraryApril 2018 |
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