In addition to providing all modules that Test-It provides, AOK Fix-It also offers additional reporting and automatic remediation options as follows...
Thousands of file and registry settings that should not be included in a package often get caught up in installation routines. These items can cause unwanted behavior in the operating system and among other applications in the environment. AOK will, where appropriate, remove these and all their dependencies or isolate them as necessary.
Operating Systems (Windows 7, Vista, Server 2008, 64-bit)
Thousands of checks need to be made when deploying applications to a new platform. For example:
- Custom action security settings and Control panel applet settings
- Checking for, and remediation of, illegal installation settings (E.G. Legacy help files)
- Removing unwanted redistributable code
By adjusting these settings, inserting the appropriate manifest files or altering privileges AOK Fix-It can automate the task of getting these applications to deploy on the target platform.
Middleware and Missing Dependencies
AOK Fix-It has a unique facility for assessing middleware dependency and remediating any issues. Users can create bespoke reports. For example, creating a set of middleware reports for individual environments requires users to simply load applications into the Fix-It middleware report section. Other reports can then be systematically run against the middleware reports to identify if they:
- Have a dependency on the applications
- Contain any middleware fragments that should ideally be removed.
Fix-It offers the option to remove fragments so that they will not interfere with the base middleware layer or other applications dependent on it.
Conflict Management
AOK delivers a fast and pragmatic approach with the automated resolution of inter-application conflicts. Benchmarked on industry best practices, it is designed to model clients' core build, including core applications and middleware. Fix-It automatically remediates conflicts between the "core" and the rest of the applications appropriately choosing side-by-side isolation technology, guid syncing or removal duplicate items. It is entirely possible to conflict-manage the entire portfolio.
ICE
Microsoft's Internal Consistency Evaluators raise information, warnings and errors against the configuration of an MSI. Fix-It identifies and automatically remediates the MSI so that the most important ICE errors are removed. This ensures the MSI installs and functions correctly.
Office2007/IE8
We have a lot more information, including a technical overview, in our resource centre, so please take a look if you'd like to learn more.
