Organisations looking to move from legacy packaging formats to Microsoft System Installer (MSI) face a number of challenges. Firstly, there is typically a large estate of legacy packages that need to be converted, a large task that requires dedicated resources. Secondly, introducing a new technology requires access to new knowledge and skills that, in most cases, are not yet mature within the organisation itself.

Systems Ability’s Principal Consultants are well versed in supporting clients through MSI conversion projects; helping them to develop the necessary standards, processes and skills needed for both the conversion and subsequent ongoing packaging to MSI. Our full time packaging team is on hand to provide additional resources and specialist skills as required by the client.

As a specialist in application deployment, Systems Ability’s full time team of experienced MSI specialists provides our clients with the skills that they need in the quantity that they require, from a single package to entire application portfolios.

Systems Ability provides the services that you need to fulfil your application deployment requirements from design of desktop integration and deployment standards, package configuration, MSI Internal Consistency Evaluation (ICE) testing, conflict management, and deployment support, through to post deployment tasks including knowledge transfer and maintenance of the packages to accommodate updates and new product releases.

Where consistency between legacy and MSI formats is critical; our payload comparison system provides verification that the converted MSI package installs exactly the same files, registry keys, etc. as the legacy package.