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Flexera Software Launches AdminStudio Suite 2016 and Workflow Manager 2016; Adds Support for Mac® Applications
June 2016 by Marc Jacob
Flexera Software announced the latest release of AdminStudio Suite, the industry-leading unified Application Readiness solution for reliable packaging, virtualisation and management of Windows, Mac and mobile applications. In addition, the company unveiled the latest release of Workflow Manager, a Web-based end-to-end IT process management solution that tracks service-level agreements using out-of-the-box automation for change and asset management. Workflow Manager also standardises, coordinates and streamlines procurement, preparation, deployment, audit and retirement processes for engineers to get ahead of backlog packaging requests, and prepare for more frequent application update and migration projects.
AdminStudio Suite 2016 has added support for preparing Mac® applications for reliable deployment to JAMF Software® Casper Suite. These new capabilities will help organisations keep up with the increasing use of Mac computers in the enterprise and accelerated update and upgrade cadence.
In addition to accelerating Mac and Windows migrations, AdminStudio Suite 2016 delivers myriad other new features enhancing organisations’ Application Readiness, including:
• Configures and Tests Mac Applications for Deployment: Identifies which Mac applications are likely to experience compatibility issues to ensure they work as expected on employees’ devices. Customises Mac .PKG installers to easily configure, test for OS X compatibility and prepare Mac applications for silent installation.
• Publishes Mac Applications: Automates delivery of approved-Mac applications to JAMF Software Casper Suite, the industry leader in the Mac device management space, and App Portal for deployment.
• Provisions Virtual Machines: Virtual machine automation for repackaging and testing saves time and improves packaging speed and quality.
• Tests for Microsoft Azure Compatibility: Ensures Web applications are compatible and can be hosted on Windows Server and Azure platforms.
• Tests EXE Installers for OS Compatibility and Virtualisation Suitability: Automatically identifies MSI packages nested in EXE bootstrapper and tests to determine operating system compatibility. Runs virtualisation tests against nested MSIs to determine suitability for virtualisation.
• Windows 10 Compatibility Enhancements: Software known to be incompatible with Windows 10.
New Enhancements to Workflow Manager 2016 also include:
• Out-of-the-Box Automation: Automates tasks in all templates and extends APIs to support conditional logic.
