InstallShield Premier Features

Create Professional Installations

• Support for Azure Key Vault signing using Custom Signing
• Support for .NET Core in Custom Actions
• Ability to create hourly scheduled tasks
• Support for signing using a custom sign tool
• Support for Custom Extensions in MSIX Projects
• Create MSIX Packages Checking for Updates Using App-Installer
• Support for Cloud Builds
• Full ARM Support
• Support for fonts in MSIX
• Build InstallShield Projects in a Azure DevOps Pipeline
• MSIX - Modification Packages
• MSIX - Support for MSIX Core
• Pure 64 installers
• MSIX Bundles
• MSIX - Support for Services
• AWS CloudHSM-based Digital Signing
• Simplified Builds Within Docker
• Automated Patch Design
• Create Windows® Installer (MSI) Installations
• Create Windows Installer Patches (MSP)
• Create MSIX packages
• Easily convert any MSI file into an MSIX package
• Create InstallScript (setup.exe) Installations
• Create Advanced Bootstrappers with Suite Installations
• Streaming Installations that Download Installation Components as Needed
• Install/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
• Billboard Support for Custom Branding
• 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
• Easily View MSI Table Relationships'
• Support for Microsoft® Certificate Requirements including SHA 1 and SHA-256
• Design DPI-Aware Installations

Develop and Deploy Globally

• Multilingual Support - 35 Languages
• Unicode Support in Most InstallShield Views
• Create Pure 64-Bit Installations (Windows Installer)
• Install 64-bit Applications
• Install Windows Device Drivers Using DIFx 2.1.1
• Support for .NET Framework 4.5 (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/Oracle/MySQL/Microsoft Azure SQL Databases
• Database Import Wizard
• Deploy Websites to IIS 8 with SSL Certificates Limited
• IIS Web Services Support
• IIS Tools for Web Apps
• XML File Updating
• Configure Windows Users and Groups

Save Time and Develop Efficiently

• Ability to create hourly scheduled tasks
• Integration with Visual Studio 2022
• Install Packages from Windows Package Manager
• Identify what existing InstallShield projects require change to meet Microsoft MSIX standards
• 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
• 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
• LZX Compression Option (Windows Installer Projects)
• Display Installation Progress on the Taskbar
• Easily Edit Installation Strings
• Specify Custom Icon and Version Resource Properties
• 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
• Enforce End User License Agreement (EULA) Reading Before Installing
• Call .NET Assemblies from InstallScript
• Command-Line Builder
• Complete Project Debugging
• Source Code Control Integration
• Microsoft Team Foundation Server Integration
• Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) Support
• Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2019 Integration
• InstallShield Command-Line Interface - 5 Instances