InstallShield 2014 Now Available

Flexera launched InstallShield 2014 today. The latest version of the world’s most popular Windows installation development solution, InstallShield 2014 features a host of capabilities that help simplify the installation of complex applications. This release covers all three editions of InstallShield (Premier, Professional, and Express) in both English and Japanese.

Feature highlights of InstallShield 2014 include:

• Install Web Applications to Microsoft® Azure™ and Microsoft IIS using Microsoft Web Deploy – With  new support for Microsoft Web Deploy, Suite/Advanced UI installations give your customers the  flexibility to deploy Web applications to their choice of infrastructure—local machines, remote servers in the data center or Microsoft Azure in the cloud.
• Deploy to Microsoft Azure SQL Databases – Install databases to the cloud and support hybrid cloud scenarios by deploying database scripts directly to Microsoft Azure SQL databases.
• Design DPI-Aware Installations – All InstallShield project types are now DPI-aware, ensuring an optimized user experience when your customers install software on high-DPI devices.
• Check for the Latest Setup Every Time an Installation is Run – Suite/Advanced UI installations can automatically check for the latest version of a setup any time the installation is run, including from the  installation’s maintenance mode, making it simpler for users to find, download, and install your latest product releases.
• Upgrade Multi-instance Installations – Develop upgrades that can detect the presence of multiple instances of a product on target systems, providing end-users with options to select the instance to upgrade. Now supports both major and minor upgrades.
• Provision Virtual Machines from the InstallShield IDE for Testing Installations – Reduce testing time and eliminate manual steps by automatically provisioning virtual machines: choose test image snapshots, power on virtual machines, and stage setups directly from the InstallShield IDE. Supports VMware® vSphere, VMware Workstation, and Microsoft Hyper-V®.

Here's what our beta testers said about InstallShield 2014:

“We sell software in a competitive market, so we make sure our users have no reason to look at other products. InstallShield has been giving our users a fast and flawless installation experience for the past 15 years, and with the release of InstallShield 2014, we are completely confident that we will continue to exceed expectations, especially in the cloud and virtualized environments. Every software experience starts with installation; Flexera provides us with the best of starts.”
Gerard Nicol, CEO, GazillaByte

“We use InstallShield to simplify the installation of a complex application suite with both Web Service Configuration, Windows Service installation and management. We count on Flexera to understand the evolving needs of installation developers and to deliver enhancements reflecting our real-world requirements. InstallShield 2014 promises to be another outstanding release to support our business.”
Matthew Gerega, Manager of Product Development, Four Rivers Software Systems, Inc.

“We’ve been using InstallShield since the late 90’s to deliver Windows-based products to our customers. The InstallShield user interface and features such as XML editing and InstallScript custom actions allow us to easily manage a number of installation projects that reliably deploy Synergy. We have been very satisfied with InstallShield.”

Henry Steinbeck, Installation Engineer, Synergex International Corporation

Shout Out to Our Beta Testers and InstallShield Team!
We’d like to take this opportunity to thank our InstallShield 2014 Beta participants and congratulate the entire InstallShield 2014 launch team! This includes Engineering, QA, Technical Documentation, Product Management, Product Marketing, Support, Back Office, Services, Sales and Training.

Complimentary Webinar: What’s New in InstallShield 2014
We invite you to learn more about our newest version of InstallShield – try it out with a free trial, or attend a Webinar focused on the new features on 29-May-2014 (9:30 am CT/3:30 pm UK/16:30 Central Europe).  

InstallShield^® is the world's leading Windows installation development solution. InstallShield is designed to enable development teams to be more agile, collaborative and flexible when building reliable InstallScript and Windows Installer (MSI) installations for desktop, server, Web, and traditional applications. InstallShield is the only software installer that can directly convert MSIs to Microsoft App-V virtual packages. Get your free trial today!