Desktop Authority MSI Studio is licensed per individual staff member performing application packaging. This means you must purchase 1 user license for each person responsible for packaging, regardless of concurrent usage.
Example
Company A has 3 staff members responsible for packaging applications for 5000 users. They need 3 licenses, even if no more than one staff member is running Desktop Authority MSI Studio at a time.
Installer Design Studio™ - Licensing
How is Installer Design Studio licensed?
Installer Design Studio is licensed per individual staff member performing application packaging. This means you must purchase 1 user license for each person responsible for packaging, regardless of concurrent usage.
Example 1:
Company A has 3 staff members responsible for packaging applications for 5000 users. They need 3 licenses, even if no more than one staff member is running Installer Design Studio at a time.
What user license quantities are available?
Licenses are available in any quantity above the minimum of 1.
Is an evaluation license available? What restrictions does it have?
Yes, a 15-day evaluation license is available from www.scriptlogic.com. The only restriction is that it expires after 15 days
Can I extend my evaluation?
No. The 15-day period is sufficient to test the functionality of Installer Design Studio.
I'd like to purchase Installer Design Studio. Will I have to uninstall the
evaluation version and/or reinstall Installer Design Studio once I purchase
the appropriate license?
No, all that is required is to enter in the registration code you received with your purchase to convert the evaluation edition to the full product.
General Licensing Information
How are licenses delivered?
Once your order has been processed you will receive your license code or file by e-mail.
How can I add more licenses?
The process is the same for all products, contact your reseller or ScriptLogic representative to purchase more licenses. ScriptLogic can be reached at 1.800.813.6415 in the U.S. or 1.561.886.2420 for International Sales. When your order has been processed you will be provided with a new electronic license for the total quantity of licenses you now own.
Do you offer any types of discounts?
Discounts are available for customers buying larger quantities of each product under the "Open Licensing" program. See below for more details. Outside of occasional promotions, special pricing may be available through one of our Premier or Authorized Partners. Not only do they provide efficient and effective support on a local level, but they may offer discounts from the published price.
What about shrink-wrap product?
ScriptLogic does not sell any of its products with shrink-wrap packaging. All delivery of software and licenses is electronic.
What's the difference between Open and Retail/Standard licensing?
Open License pricing bands begin at quantities between 5 and 500 units, depending on the product, and offers extra discounts. Open Licensing also guarantees that, once you have purchased sufficient quantity of a product to reach an Open License band, you can buy additional licenses at that discounted price.
Can I just lease your software for a specific project?
Four server products, Security Explorer, Secure Copy, Enterprise Security Reporter and Service Explorer, are available to consultants for use in specific projects for 5, 12 or 28 day periods. Ask your ScriptLogic representative for more information on ScriptLogic's Consultant License.
The pro edition also includes the following 2 features:
Zero-Touch Testing
MSI Studio Pro lets you easily create a special MSI package which simulates the effect of the application installer on the target computer, but without actually making any changes. Now the administrator can identify which files and registry keys will be over-written and changed without doing any damage.
Conflict Resolution
MSI Studio Pro adds a repository for storing MSI packages, which allows for easy reporting on where each package might conflict with others. With MSI Studio Pro the administrator can find and resolve problems with conflicting application installers before they occur.
Package Management
Windows 2000 or later, .NET framework 2.0
Package Deployment
All versions of Windows that support
Windows Installer, including
NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista