Application Packaging 101 – For beginners, pros, and everything in between. For Free.

What you will learn

What is Windows Installer and what are the tools to use for application packaging?

What is the structure of a Windows Installer package?

Practical scenarios on β€œHow to create MSIs”.

A practical approach to capturing / repackaging EXE installations

How to create and use MSI Transform files (MST)

How to create Patches (MSP)

How to create Suite installations

Debugging and testing the MSI

Description

This program is designed to help set the knowledge standard for companies with newly created application packaging teams. In this course, you’ll learn how to create, test, and deploy applications for a wide variety of platforms.

Developed by a packaging professional with over 20 years experience in application packaging, the Application (MSI) Packaging and Virtualization Training is a compact training program for all the application packaging professionals out there.

A free course that helps you understand how to use the MSI technology, create and modify an MSI using any tool on the market.

The course includes 27 real-life practical demos organized to build knowledge layers and to cover the most encountered scenarios in an enterprise environment.


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Complete Application Packaging Program:

  • Free of charge
  • No subscription required
  • 100% Online
  • Self-paced
  • Suitable for Corporate Training
  • Suitable for Beginners
  • Created and presented by a Professional
  • 100% practical-oriented classes
  • Dedicated Community
  • Applicable on any packaging tool

For many years, the application packaging sector was dominated by a few well-known industry giants. Because of the scarcity of packaging tools for IT professionals, thousands of dollars were spent on getting licenses for packaging tools and related training materials.

The goal of this course is to democratize application packaging knowledge. And so, to upgrade the application packaging skills of all the packaging professionals.

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Content

Lesson 1 – About Windows Installer Technology

Introduction
How to Set Up a Simple Lab

MSI Structure

Features & Components
Working with Files
Working with Registry
Deeper Dive into Registry
Working with INI Files
Working with Shortcuts
Working with Fonts
Working with Services
Working with Environment Variables
Working with MSI Properties
Working with Custom Actions
Working with System Search

Getting Advanced with MSIs

Working with Updates
Dehardcoding & Variabilization in MSI
Working with Vendor MSIs
MSIEXEC.EXE

MSI Repackaging

Repackaging 101
In depth-repackaging
Detect and implement settings in repackaged
Active Setup mechanism

Useful Techniques in MSI Packaging

Bundled installations
Helpful tools for App Packaging
How to know if you customized a vendor MSI correctly
Learn to debug Log Files
Understanding System Context