AdminStudio Suite 2014 Webinar

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AdminStudio 2014The Good, Better and Best of the Latest Release

Ken Hilker – Product Manager

Timothy Davis – Product Marketing Manager


Todays Presenters

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Ken HilkerProduct Manager,Flexera Software

Timothy DavisSenior Product Marketing Manager, Flexera Software

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@TimothyToday


Today’s Webinar

• The New IT and the Enterprise Lifecycle

• What is Application Readiness and why is it important?

• AdminStudio 2014 – overview, demo and what it delivers/how it solves the Application Readiness gaps in the enterprise

• Being Change Ready – The Application Readiness Maturity Model


Trusted & Scalable Partner

Those Who Have BenefitedMarket Leadership

25+ Years in Leading Software Monetization

• Top 200 Software Company

• Global Company

• Over 25 Years Experience

• Industry De facto Standard

• 80,000 Customers

• 20,000 FlexEnabled Applications

• 500,000,000 PC’s Receiving Software Downloads and Updates

#1 Market share in:

•License Management

(FlexNet Producer)

•Entitlement Management (FlexNet Operations)

•Installation Management (InstallShield)

•User License Optimization

(FlexNet Manager)

• Application Management (AdminStudio)

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Management of the Enterprise Application Lifecycle

License optimization & compliance

Predictable application delivery

Planning and deployment

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Gain Control Manage Ensure

Manage apps consistently in an increasingly complex environment

Ensure quality and supportability across more browsers, devices, OSs

Improve operational efficiencies

Improve customer satisfaction

Accelerate business outcomes through software

What can an AdminStudio Suite do for You?

Reduce time for testing and rollouts

Support packaging and assessment for many different application formats

ApplicationManager

ApplicationPackager

Director of IT


Application Management - New Challenges

• Ensuring a quality end user experience and error free app deployment to iPads® iPhones®, and Android™ devices.

iOS Dominates the Enterprise in both Phones and Tablets

Source: Good Technology in its Mobility Index Report for Q4 2013

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• Ensuring a quality end user experience and error free app deployment to iPads®, iPhones®, and Android™ devices.

• No institutional knowledge of mobile app behavior or how they introduce risk to the enterprise.



• Ensuring a quality end user experience and error free app deployment to iPads®, iPhones®, and Android™ devices.

• No institutional knowledge of mobile app behavior or how they introduce risk to the enterprise.

• New OS versions are released faster, making it even harder to keep up.


APPLICATION READINESS

The Process for Planning, Packaging and Delivery

of Physical, Virtual, and Mobile Applications


Process for Application ReadinessDeliver Consistent and Reliable Applications for All Devices

Deploy

Fix, Package, and Test

Plan

Assess Compatibility

Rationalize

Identify Identify applications and new requests

Validate and eliminate redundancy

Determine compatibility for the target environments and packaging formats

Plan resources required

Package and test for target environments

Publish application for deployment

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Related Products

Powers the Application Readiness process

• Predictable Deployment in Increasingly Complex Environments

• Reduce the time and effort involved in packaging applications

• Improve compatibility and service quality of applications

• Accurately scope and budget for service transitions

Benefits

Capabilities

• One process for planning and delivery of physical, virtual, and mobile applications

• Application Manager and centralized application catalog

• Unified Application Compatibility Reporting and Issue Management

• Virtualization compatibility testing and conversion of legacy applications to leading virtualization formats

• Support for iOS and Android apps and mobile application risk assessment

• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Assessment


ADMINSTUDIO SUITE 2014

Overview of latest release


New Mobile Application Readiness Features

Streamline Delivery of Mobile Apps – Import internal Android mobile apps, and public links from Apple® App Store and

Google™ Play to prepare and manage mobile apps consistently with other application formats.

Test Mobile Apps for Device and OS Compatibility – – Automate compatibility testing of mobile apps for error free deployment to iPads®,

iPhones®, and Android™ devices. It also proactively tests mobile apps for compatibility with iOS8 Developer Preview to discover which apps are ready for

the next iOS update.

Assess Mobile Apps for Risky Behavior and Compliance with Enterprise Policies

– Identify mobile apps in the application catalog that display behaviors that may introduce risk to corporate security and data privacy.


Application Readiness Dashboard an Enterprise View

• Manage apps consistently across formats

• Mobile apps • Virtual apps• Windows MSI


Mobile App Dashboard – iOS

• What features are Mobile Apps using?

• Which apps are compatible with:

– devices,– operating systems– enterprise policies


Application Virtualization Enhancements

Upgrade to App-V 5.0 - Upgrade Wizard– App-V Upgrade Wizard facilitates migration from 4.5 or

4.6 to 5.0. A right click on a package or group of packages in the Application Manager initiates the upgrade to App-V 5.0. After the conversion, the new packages are automatically imported into the Application Manager.

New Support for VMware® ThinApp 5.0™ – New application virtualization compatibility tests

determine if an application is a suitable candidate for conversion to VMware ThinApp 5.0. The Automated Application Converter can now convert applications to ThinApp 5.0, including 64-bit applications.


Improvements in Service Delivery

Tests impact of Windows Security Patches– Import Windows update files to discover which applications are impacted by the

latest Microsoft Patch Tuesday. Enhanced to support Microsoft Update (MSU) for Windows 7 - Windows 8.x - Windows Server 2012 - Server 2012 R2

Test for Internet Explorer 11 Compatibility– Tests Web applications for compatibility with IE 11

InstallShield 2014 - AdminStudio Edition– Updated Prerequisite library– Support for MSI RemoveFiles actions– Modify existing text files


DEMONSTRATION

AdminStudio Suite 2014


What Are the Benefits to Customers?


DeployFix & Package

PlanAssess Compatibility

RationalizeIdentify

Application Readiness Process

Basic Packaging

Level 1

How are applications made ready for deployment?Package applications individually for a single computing platform for deployment through client management systems.

Standard ProcessLevel 2

Have packaging standards been established?Implement standardized packaging processes to improve quality and consistency of application deployments to reduce support costs.

Efficient Delivery

Level 3

Is our process efficient?Leverage automation and process workflows across a wide range of technology to increase packaging team productivity and accelerate application delivery.

Application Readiness Maturity ModelApplication Packaging to Predictable Application Delivery

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Change ReadyLevel 4

Are we ready for change?Proactively manage applications to prepare for future technology changes, integrate related business processes for end-to-end application lifecycle automation, enable self-service application delivery to improve user satisfaction.

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How to get AdminStudio 2014:

To upgrade: • Customers with a current maintenance agreement can go

to the Flexera Software Product and License Center or contact us at [email protected]

To evaluate: • Download the AdminStudio Suite 2014 21 day trial

To speak to a Flexera representative call• North America: 800-809-5659

• Europe, Middle East & Africa: +44 (0) 870 873 6300

• Asia-Pacific: +61 3 9895 2000

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mailto:[email protected]

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Questions?

1 Watch the webinar on-demand: http://learn.flexerasoftware.com/AR-WBNR-AdminStudio-Whats-New-2014

Contact Flexera or a Business Partner to discuss the next steps

North America: 800-809-5659

Europe, Middle East & Africa: +44 (0) 870 873 6300

Asia-Pacific: +61 3 9895 2000

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Try AdminStudio – Download the Free Trial

http://learn.flexerasoftware.com/AR-WBNR-AdminStudio-Whats-New-2014



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