Author: Scott Hardie
Source: Altiris | juice.altiris.com

At Juice (Altiris Community), Scott Hardie overviews Application Packaging Best Practices for XP using Wise Package Studio®. The six series tutorial covers basics about Application Packaging, focuses on Common Operating Environment (local, citrix, server), stages details for Application Packaging WorkFlow, discusses standard windows installer properties, exclusion list while capturing a package, application upgrade analysis and so on. If you are keen to learn application packaging using Wise Package Studio or require additional information about WPS as integrated with Windows Installer Technology, you will find this article series undoubtedly exciting and helpful.

1. Application Packaging Best Practices for Windows XP: Introduction
2. Application Packaging Best Practices for Windows XP: Part I
   
3. Application Packaging Best Practices for Windows XP: Part II
   
4. Application Packaging Best Practices for Windows XP: Part III
   
5. Application Packaging Best Practices for Windows XP: Part IV
   
6. Application Packaging Best Practices for Windows XP: Part V

About the Author
James "Scott" Hardie has over 15 years of experience in Informational Technology Consulting. He has consulted and worked for some of the largest Fortune 500 companies in the world such as Ford, General Motors, HP. Time Warner, Sprint, K-Mart, Honeywell, EDS, Comcast, Cisco, Xerox, Eaton, ArvinMeritor, Apple Computer, and Kelly Services.
Prior to co-founding the XCEND Group , Scott worked for Altiris as a Field Systems Engineer supporting the Great Lakes Region and prior to joining Altiris he was a Project Manager and Manager of Engineering for Kelly Services where he was an Altiris customer.