Consistent and reliable installs. Every time. With InstallShield, you’ll adapt to industry changes quickly, get to market faster and deliver an engaging customer experience. 

The result? Productivity: up. Extra scripting/coding/rework: way down with simpler and cleaner installs, upgrades and uninstalls.

Flexera InstallShield is the fastest, most reliable and easiest way to build Windows installers and MSIX packages and create installations directly within Microsoft Visual Studio.

• Build clean installs, upgrades and uninstalls for Windows incredibly quickly and easily
  
  
• Simplify virtual and cloud-based deployments including AWS CloudHSM-based digital signing
  
  
• Easily create native MSIX packages, MSIX Bundles, build MSIX modification packages, include your services into an MSIX Package or convert any MSI file into an MSIX package
  
  
• Deliver a seamless customer user experience
  
  
• Create installations directly within Microsoft Visual Studio for MSI and EXE installers
  
  
• Benefit from the standard for Windows installers with Microsoft Windows and Visual Studio support

• Integration with Visual Studio 2022
  Update and build existing InstallShield projects in Visual Studio 2022
• Support for Custom Extensions in MSIX Projects
  Create extensions not available out-of-the-box in MSIX Project using a custom extension
• Enhanced support for Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022
  Configure install conditions to specifically target Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022
• Full ARM Support
  Install files to native ARM locations on Windows 10 running on ARM machines
• Support for Cloud Builds
  Eliminate the time and effort required to set up and manage local License Servers. Easily configure your builds from the DevOps build pipeline with InstallShield’s Cloud License Server.
• Modern and Simple Installers
  Build one-click installers that are more modern than ever and refreshingly simple
• Install packages from Windows Package Manager
  Configure pre-requisites to install third-party packages from Microsoft’s Windows Package Manager
• MSIX Updates
  Create MSIX packages that check for updates using App-Installer

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• The standard for Windows Installer (MSI) and InstallScript Installations
• Effortless Creation of native MSIX Packages or Build MSIX from Existing Projects
• Provides a Fresh, Modern Designer Interface
• Build installation suites to install multiple products for Windows, MSIX and more
• Converts MSIs to Microsoft® App-V™ 5.1
• Installs Web Applications to Microsoft® Azure™ and Microsoft IIS using Microsoft Web Deploy
• Automatically Provisions Virtual Machines for Simple Installation Testing
• Microsoft Team Foundation Server Integration