For Packagers:

• Multiple package formats support: MSI, MSIX, APPV, THINAPP, IntuneWin, and MSIX App Attach.
• Repackaging on localhost, Windows Sandbox, Docker, virtual machines (VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, Oracle VirtualBox).
• Advanced MSI and MSIX authoring: editing of the package content and settings.
• Preparation for deployment with PSAppDeployToolkit & Microsoft Intune Integration.
• Automatic checks for package quality, safety, and deployment readiness.

For App Developers:

• Automated MSI creation for CI/CD: generate MSI installers effortlessly directly from the command line.
• Dynamic harvesting for set of files when building MSI.
• Intuitive UI and wizards: easy configuration of installer projects for non-MSI engineers, guided setup process.

With PACE you can:

• Repackage any installation into a pure Windows Installer (MSI, MST), MSIX/AppX or Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) and VMware Application Virtualization (ThinApp) packages.
• Create and edit virtual (App-V, ThinApp) packages.
• Create and edit Windows Installer (MSI) packages, Transforms (MST) for customizing packages and Patch (MSP) packages for delivering application updates.
• Publish packages to Microsoft SCCM servers.
• Automate routine packaging tasks by running predefined or own scripts against MSI database.
• Test packages for quality, best practices and custom rules.
• Share templates, package creation rules and options, exclusion filters with your team.
• Estimate package complexity and generate package documentation.

PACE Suite contains the following components:

MSI Generator

• Repackage any existing installation into Windows Installer, MSIX/AppX or a virtual format (Microsoft App-V 5.x, and VMware ThinApp).
• Auto-detection of embedded installers.
• Tune any existing Windows Installer package by applying your settings and saving them as a Windows Installer transform (MST).
• Include the excluded files/registry back to a package.

MSI Editor

• Manage the contents of an MSI in a tree view.
• Import the desired resources.
• Edit and manage Custom Actions.
• Integrate scripts into your package.
• Use a smart and advanced MSI database editor, with formatted string autocompleting, Excel-like formula bar, row reference tracking, and more.
• Create patches (MSP).
• Handle upgrades easily – just let MSI Editor know which MSI you want to be upgraded at runtime.
• Publish your applications to Microsoft SCCM.
• See the estimated complexity of an app right away.
• Generate package documentation containing the details about your package and configuration.
• Undo-redo any manipulation and see the changes highlighted in the MSI tables.

Quality Approver

• Test MSI (+MST) package and its apps for compliance with the Desktop App Certification Program in an unattended mode. This will check the package safety, compatibility and readiness for deployment.
• Test an MSIX/APPX package (bundle) and its apps against the Microsoft Store requirements in an unattended mode.

DOCU Generator

• Automatically record your on-screen actions into a nice-looking document with screenshots and annotations.