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DATASHEET AdminStudio Suite Powering a Unified Applicat ion Readiness Process for Inventory, Rat ionalizat ion, Packaging, and Compatibility Testing of Physical, Virtual, and Mobile Applications, Ensuring Faster Service Delivery and Predictable Deployment Benefits to Your Organization: Improved IT Responsiveness Streamline service delivery and respond quickly to new request. Increased Operat ional Efficiency Reduce the time and effort involved in packaging applications and manage one process for planning and delivery of physical, virtual, and mobile applications. Predictable Applicat ion Delivery Ensure supportability of your software portfolio and maintain applications in a state of readiness for deployment into increasingly complex environments. Comput ing Plat form Agnost ic Eliminate labor-intensive data gathering and allocate resources more efficiently across all platforms used to deliver applications, whether physical, virtual, or mobile. Adapt ive and Scalable to Changes in Business Priority Automate IT service delivery and planning for every day application requests and migration projects. AdminStudio Suite powers an enterprise’s daily Applicat ion Readiness process for inventory, rationalization, packaging, and compatibility testing of physical, virtual, and mobile applications, ensuring faster service delivery and predictable deployment into increasingly complex computing environments. Automation, integration with leading software distribut ion tools, and workflow capabilities streamline day-to-day application packaging operations and reduce the time and cost of application virtualization, mobile application management, and Windows ® upgrades. Increasingly Complex Computing Environments In today’s digital business, it is important to keep applications ready to deploy when end users need them and on the devices they choose. But the increasing complexity of enterprise environments is posing a challenge for organizations that are looking to improve service delivery and consumerize IT services. The heterogeneity of computing devices, more frequent software releases, and ongoing transition of the computing infrastructure from physical to virtual and mobile, complicate things further. Manual procedures for rationalizing, testing, converting, managing, or distributing enterprise software are no longer viable. Unified Applicat ion Readiness The Application Readiness processes allows you to shift from reactive to proactive application management. The result is it’s ability to define, track and deliver the speed and quality of service delivery the enterprise expects. The Flexera Software solution is a source of significant benefits for many groups within the enterprise and for the business as a whole. • IT leaders can significantly reduce the cost and complexity of major service transitions and increase the ability to adapt and scale in response to changes in technology and business needs. • IT operations managers can increase predictability, in terms of outputs and measurements, to accurately scope and budget for transitions so there are no surprises. • IT service delivery managers can exceed SLAs and deliver applications to the business faster and more reliably. • Employees, customers, and partners get faster and more reliable access to the latest technology, without outages or interruptions in service. “AdminStudio provides our application packagers everything they need to deliver quality products. AdminStudio is more than a ‘packaging tool,’ it’s a complete Application Readiness solution capable of handling the challenges of managing applications in an enterprise of any size.” Engineer Fortune 500 Insurance Company Ident ify applicat ions and new requests Validate and eliminate redundancy Determine compat ibility for t he target environments and packaging formats Plan resources required Package and test for target environments Publish applicat ion for deployment Deploy Fix & Package Plan Assess Compatibility Rationalize Process Management and Reporting Identify Figure 1: With AdminStudio Suite, IT can automate the Application Readiness process to achieve continuous readiness of all applications.

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AdminStudio Suite Powering a Unified Applicat ion Readiness Process for Inventory, Rationalizat ion, Packaging, and Compatibility Test ing of Physical, Virtual, and Mobile Applicat ions, Ensuring Faster Service Delivery and Predictable Deployment

Benefits to Your Organization:• Improved IT

Responsiveness —Streamline service deliveryand respond quickly tonew request.

• Increased OperationalEfficiency — Reduce thet ime and effort involvedin packaging applicat ionsand manage one processfor planning and deliveryof physical, virtual, andmobile applicat ions.

• Predictable Applicat ionDelivery — Ensuresupportability of yoursoftware port folio andmaintain applicat ionsin a state of readinessfor deployment intoincreasingly complexenvironments.

• Computing PlatformAgnost ic — Eliminatelabor-intensive datagathering and allocateresources more efficient lyacross all plat forms usedto deliver applicat ions,whether physical, virtual,or mobile.

• Adaptive and Scalableto Changes in BusinessPriority — AutomateIT service delivery andplanning for every dayapplicat ion requests andmigrat ion projects.

AdminStudio Suite powers an enterprise’s daily Applicat ion Readiness process for inventory, rat ionalizat ion, packaging, and compatibility test ing of physical, virtual, and mobile applicat ions, ensuring faster service delivery and predictable deployment into increasingly complex computing environments. Automation, integrat ion with leading software distribut ion tools, and workflow capabilit ies streamline day-to-day applicat ion packaging operat ions and reduce the t ime and cost of applicat ion virtualizat ion, mobile applicat ion management, and Windows® upgrades.

Increasingly Complex Computing EnvironmentsIn today’s digital business, it is important to keep applicat ions ready to deploy when end users need them and on the devices they choose. But the increasing complexity of enterprise environments is posing a challenge for organizations that are looking to improve service delivery and consumerize IT services. The heterogeneity of computing devices, more frequent software releases, and ongoing transit ion of the computing infrastructure from physical to virtual and mobile, complicate things further. Manual procedures for rat ionalizing, test ing, convert ing, managing, or distribut ing enterprise software are no longer viable.

Unified Applicat ion ReadinessThe Applicat ion Readiness processes allows you to shift from react ive to proact ive applicat ion management. The result is it’s ability to define,

track and deliver the speed and quality of service delivery the enterprise expects. The Flexera Software solut ion is a source of significant benefits for many groups within the enterprise and for the business as a whole.

• IT leaders can significant ly reduce the costand complexity of major service transit ionsand increase the ability to adapt and scale inresponse to changes in technology andbusiness needs.

• IT operat ions managers can increasepredictability, in terms of outputs andmeasurements, to accurately scope and budgetfor transit ions so there are no surprises.

• IT service delivery managers can exceed SLAsand deliver applicat ions to the business fasterand more reliably.

• Employees, customers, and partners getfaster and more reliable access to the latesttechnology, without outages or interrupt ionsin service.

“ AdminStudio provides our application packagers everything they need to deliver quality products. AdminStudio is more than a ‘packaging tool,’ it’s a complete Application Readiness solut ion capable of handling the challenges of managing applications in an enterprise of any size.”

Engineer Fortune 500 Insurance Company

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Identify Identify deployed and used applicat ions

Eliminate duplicate applications

Determine suitability for migration/upgrade

Plan migration in line withbusiness objectives

Convert applications to required format

Deploy packaged applications

Figure 1: With AdminStudio Suite, IT can automate the Applicat ion Readiness process to achieve cont inuous readiness of all applicat ions.

AdminStudio Suite includes: • AdminStudio

Package software for scalable enterprise deployments

• AdminStudio Applicat ion Compatibility Ident ify and resolve applicat ion compatibility issues

• AdminStudio Mac® and Mobile Prepare Mac applicat ions, ident ify mobile app risks and compatibility issues

• AdminStudio Virtualizat ion Package software into applicat ion virtualizat ion formats

• AdminStudio Inventory and Rationalizat ion Ident ify, assess, and consolidate the enterprise desktop applicat ion port folio

• AdminStudio Virtual Desktop Assessment Assess and plan for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

• Workflow Manager Manage Applicat ion Readiness requests and track service level agreements (SLAs)

Future Proof Your Applicat ions with AdminStudio SuiteAdminStudio Suite is the industry’s only automated applicat ion compatibility test ing, fixing and packaging solut ion for MSI, virtual, and mobile formats that integrates with exist ing systems management and mobile device technologies. This sophist icated solut ion enables you to unify applicat ion management using one tool, with one process, regardless of deployment format. As a result, you will reduce applicat ion sprawl, and accelerate the adoption of virtualizat ion, cloud computing, mobile apps, Mac applicat ions, and the next Windows OS update. And you’ll posit ion IT to maintain Applicat ion Readiness in an environment of rapid and continual change.

The Applicat ion Readiness Maturity Model provides a framework for cont inual improvement of the Applicat ion Readiness process. Use it as a guide to assess the current state and determine what can be done to improve the process. By understanding where your organization is in maturity, you will have a start ing point to chart your path to higher levels of business value. Each step yields incremental efficiencies, and capabilit ies result ing in faster and more reliable applicat ion delivery, lower costs, and decreased risk.

Figure 2: Applicat ion Readiness Maturity Model helps chart a path to higher levels of business value.

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Is our process efficient?Leverage automat ion and process workflows across a wide range of technology to increase packaging team product ivity and accelerate application delivery.

Have packaging standards been established?Implement standardized packaging processes to improve quality and consistency of applicat ion deployments to reduce support costs.

How are applicat ions made ready for deployment?Package applicat ions individually for a single comput ing plat form for deployment through client management systems.

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Packaging to Predictable Applicat ion Delivery

Are we ready for change?Proact ively manage applicat ions to prepare for future technology changes, integrate related business processes for end-to-end applicat ion lifecycle automat ion, enable self-service applicat ion delivery to improve user sat isfact ion.

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Key Product Features by Edit ion

AdminStudioEnterprise

Automate Cont inual Applicat ion Readiness

ProfessionalPackage and Test for

Best Pract ices

StandardBasic Software

Packaging

Repackage Applicat ions for Windows Installer

Create Transforms to Customize Windows Installer Packages

App Portal Limited Edit ion (5 applicat ions)

Centrally Manage Applicat ions

Provision Virtual Machines for Repackaging and Test ing

Insight into EXE installers

Test Applicat ions for Quality, Conflicts and Best Pract ices

Publish Approved Apps to the App Store and Systems Management tools

Manage System Center Configuration Manager Applicat ion Metadata

InstallShield 2015 Professional - AdminStudio Edit ion

InstallShield 2015 Premier - AdminStudio Edit ion

Test Impact of Windows Security Patches

Detailed Applicat ion Reports and Dashboards

Seamless Integrat ion to Manage the Ent ire Asset Lifecycle

Automate Packaging Tasks with PowerShell APIs

Applicat ion Virtualizat ionEnterpriseTest and Convert

Applicat ions in Bulk

ProfessionalTest for Virtualizat ion

Suitability

StandardConvert Single Applicat ions

Virtualize Applicat ions for: - Microsoft App-V - VMware ThinApp - Symantec Workspace Virtualizat ion

Direct ly Edit Microsoft App-V Packages

Applicat ion Virtualizat ion Suitability Test ing

Test EXE installers for Virtualizat ion Suitability

Quality, Conflict and Best Pract ice Test ing of Virtual Applicat ions

Define Microsoft App-V Virtual Environments

Prepare App-V Applicat ions for Faster Delivery

Upgrade App-V 4.x Virtual Applicat ions to App-V 5.1

Automate Virtualizat ion Test ing and Conversions with PowerShell APIs

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About Flexera Software Flexera Software helps applicat ion producers and enterprises manage applicat ion usage and increase the value they derive from their software. Our next-generat ion software licensing, compliance, security and installat ion solut ions are essent ial to ensure cont inuous licensing compliance, optimize software investments and future-proof businesses against the risks and costs of constant ly changing technology. Over 80,000 customers turn to Flexera Software as a trusted and neutral source for the

knowledge and expert ise we have gained as the marketplace leader for over 25 years and for the automation and intelligence designed into our products. For more information, please go to: www.flexerasoftware.com

AdminStudio Mac® and MobileEnterpriseTest for Risk and

Device Compat ibility

ProfessionalImport and Deploy

Mobile Apps

Unified Applicat ion Readiness Process for Windows, Mac, and Mobile

Configure and Prepare Mac Applicat ions for Deployment

Test Mac Apps for OS X Compatibility to Ensure They Work as Expected

Import App Store Links as Part of a Consistent and Predictable Process

Publish Prepared and Approved Mac Applicat ions

Test Mobile Apps for OS Compatibility, iOS, Android and Windows 10 Universal Apps

Test Mobile Apps for Device Compatibility

Identify Risky Apps with Mobile Applicat ion Reputat ion Scanning

Dashboard and Report ing

Automate Mac and Mobile Test ing with PowerShell APIs

AdminStudio Applicat ion CompatibilityEnterprise

Test and Remediate Applicat ions in Bulk

ProfessionalTest and Remediate Single Applicat ions

Windows 10 Compatibility Test ing and Remediat ion

Test EXE Installers for OS Compatibility

Test Web Apps for compatibility with Windows Server and Microsoft Azure

Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge Compatibility Test ing

Automatically Detect and Remediate Windows Server Compatibility Issues

Compatibility Tests for Windows Server and Microsoft Azure

Detailed Applicat ion Portfolio Compatibility Report ing

Automate OS Compatibility Test ing with PowerShell APIs

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