Packaging & Deployment

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Packaging is the art of bundling your executables and libraries required for the product to deploy in customer environments. There are several products available in the market like Install Shield, Installanyware, Demoshield, MSI. Below are some of sample activities involved in packaging.

Understanding package requirement and come up with package proposals
Developing and implementing licensing schemes
Creating new Installer kit from scratch
Creating Patches for Installer after release
SMS (System Management Server) installers for remote installs for multiple machines
Universal Installer Creation
Porting installers from 16 bit to 32 bit or 64 bit
Upgrading installers developed in old versions to latest version
Generic installer which has common UI and common frame work
Helping services group/customer to deploy products at customer site
Building scenario’s for product and test installer

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