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What is InstallShield?

Revenera's InstallShield enables the creation of native MSIX packages along with seamless installations, ensuring reliability and consistency with every deployment. It also facilitates cloud-based installations, allowing for rapid adaptation to industry shifts and quicker market entry while enhancing customer experiences. This tool, previously known as Flexera InstallShield, simplifies the process of crafting Windows installers and MSIX packages directly within Microsoft Visual Studio. Users can set up installation prerequisites for third-party packages by leveraging Microsoft's Windows Package Manager, and configure installation conditions for Windows Server 2022 and Windows 11. Additionally, it supports installation in native ARM directories for devices running Windows 10 on ARM architecture. Moreover, InstallShield provides a connection to Revenera's Cloud License Server, streamlining the transition of build infrastructure to the cloud, and offers modern, user-friendly one-click installers for a smooth installation process. With its comprehensive features, InstallShield stands out as an essential tool for developers looking to enhance their software deployment strategy.

What is EtherApps Forge?

EtherApps Forge captures Windows applications on the machines they already run on, even when the installer is lost, and turns them into signed MSIX, MSI, Intune Win32 and App Attach packages. Package the apps holding up your move to Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop and Intune, including the ones nobody can reinstall. AI does the busywork. The Forge MCP server lets GitHub Copilot and other AI clients drive Forge in plain English, one real tool call at a time, and nothing ships until your team approves it. Forge AI Controller, in private preview, runs the packaging lifecycle as an agent in your own infrastructure, not shared SaaS. It can use local AI models, so prompts, packages and what it learns stay in your environment, or Microsoft Foundry in your own subscription, or OpenAI services. Forge Capture is a portable single file: copy it and run it, with nothing to install. It captures from Windows XP SP3 to Windows 11 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to 2025, including RDS session hosts. Convert App-V 5 packages to MSIX or MSI without resequencing, with no App-V client or sequencer. Sign, validate and smoke test each package, and edit a built MSIX without rebuilding it. Batch capture, the forge_msix command line and a PowerShell module fit your build pipeline. Forge runs on your own machines, so packages and signing keys stay with you. Packages go to Microsoft Intune (which also reaches Windows 365 Cloud PCs), Configuration Manager, Azure Virtual Desktop through App Attach, Citrix and Omnissa App Volumes. Start a 7-day free trial at etherapps.ai: 25 captures, no card. The full licence is £895 per named packaging admin per year, plus VAT. Also on Microsoft Marketplace.

Media

Media

Integrations Supported

Visual Studio

Integrations Supported

GitHub Copilot
Model Context Protocol (MCP)

API Availability

API Availability

Pricing Information

$4,498 per 3 years
Free Trial Offered?

Pricing Information

£895/packaging admin/year
£895 per named packaging admin per year, plus VAT. 7-day free trial direct from EfficientEther: 25 captures, no card. Also on Microsoft Marketplace, billed on your Microsoft invoice.
Free Trial Offered?

Supported Platforms

Windows

Supported Platforms

Windows
On-Prem

Customer Service / Support

Standard Support
Web-Based Support

Customer Service / Support

Web-Based Support

Training Options

Documentation Hub
Webinars
Online Training
On-Site Training

Training Options

Documentation Hub

Company Facts

Organization Name

Revenera

Date Founded

1987

Company Location

United States

Company Website

www.revenera.com/install/products/installshield

Company Facts

Organization Name

EfficientEther

Company Location

United Kingdom

Company Website

etherapps.ai

Categories and Features

Repository Management

Not specified

Software Deployment

Not specified

Categories and Features

Software Deployment

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