Using the Conversion Wizard to Perform Virtualization or Repackaging

The Conversion Wizard is included with AdminStudio Professional and Enterprise Editions, and you can use it to perform automated repackaging on a virtual machine.

You can use the Application Catalog Conversion Wizard to perform the following tasks from within Application Manager:

• Convert an App-V 4.x package to App-V 5.0 format

• Convert one or multiple Windows Installer packages, legacy installers, or PowerShell-wrapped packages to virtual packages using either default or customized Automated Application Converter settings

• Perform automated repackaging of one or multiple Windows Installer packages, legacy installers, or PowerShell-wrapped packages on a virtual machine.

• Convert an MSI, EXE, or PS1 package to Microsoft Intune format.

• Convert an App-V package to MSIX format

Information about using the Conversion Wizard is presented in the following topics:

• Setting Conversion Wizard Options

• Converting App-V 4.x Packages to App-V 5.0 Format

• Converting App-V Packages to MSIX Format

• Using the Conversion Wizard to Perform Express Conversion to Virtual Packages or Automated Repackaging

• Converting MSI/EXE/PS1 Packages to Intunewin Format Using the Conversion Wizard

  note

  Repackager now support Windows Services for MSIX Packages. A Windows Service installed while converting a legacy package format (MSI/EXE) will be captured and packaged into the MSIX package upon conversion.