Draft:Advanced Installer

Advanced Installer
Advanced Installer
Developer	Caphyon
Release	2003
Stable release	23.2 / October 28, 2025
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Type	Installation software
License	Trialware
Website	advancedinstaller.com

Submission declined on 23 March 2026 by Awesomecat (talk).

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Declined by Awesomecat 4 months ago. Last edited by Awesomecat 4 months ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Submission declined on 4 March 2026 by SocDoneLeft (talk).

This draft is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Wikipedia's verifiability policy requires that all content be supported by reliable sources.

Reliable sources include: reputable newspapers, magazines, academic journals, and books from respected publishers.
Unacceptable sources include: personal blogs, social media, predatory publishers, most tabloids, and websites where anyone can contribute.

Replace any unreliable sources with high-quality sources. If you cannot find a reliable source for the material, it should be removed.

Declined by SocDoneLeft 4 months ago.

Submission declined on 2 December 2025 by Theroadislong (talk).

This draft reads like an advertisement. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a platform for promotion or marketing. Drafts that are exclusively promotional may be deleted without notice.

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Declined by Theroadislong 7 months ago.

Submission declined on 1 December 2025 by Pythoncoder (talk).

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Declined by Pythoncoder 7 months ago.

Submission declined on 24 June 2022 by Artem.G (talk).

This draft's references do not show that the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that:

provide significant coverage: discuss the subject in detail, not just brief mentions or routine announcements;
are reliable: from reputable outlets with editorial oversight;
are independent: not connected to the subject, such as interviews, press releases, the subject's own website, or sponsored content.

Please add references that meet all three of these criteria. If none exist, the subject is not yet suitable for Wikipedia.

Declined by Artem.G 4 years ago.

Submission declined on 16 May 2022 by Gusfriend (talk).

This draft's references do not show that the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that:

provide significant coverage: discuss the subject in detail, not just brief mentions or routine announcements;
are reliable: from reputable outlets with editorial oversight;
are independent: not connected to the subject, such as interviews, press releases, the subject's own website, or sponsored content.

Please add references that meet all three of these criteria. If none exist, the subject is not yet suitable for Wikipedia.

Declined by Gusfriend 4 years ago.

Submission declined on 18 August 2017 by Sulfurboy (talk).

This draft's references do not show that the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that:

provide significant coverage: discuss the subject in detail, not just brief mentions or routine announcements;
are reliable: from reputable outlets with editorial oversight;
are independent: not connected to the subject, such as interviews, press releases, the subject's own website, or sponsored content.

Please add references that meet all three of these criteria. If none exist, the subject is not yet suitable for Wikipedia.

Declined by Sulfurboy 8 years ago.

Submission declined on 15 August 2017 by TheDragonFire (talk).

Immediate resubmission without fixing the issues raised is disruptive, and will not result in your article being accepted.

Declined by TheDragonFire 8 years ago.

Submission declined on 1 July 2017 by DrStrauss (talk).

This draft's references do not show that the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that:

provide significant coverage: discuss the subject in detail, not just brief mentions or routine announcements;
are reliable: from reputable outlets with editorial oversight;
are independent: not connected to the subject, such as interviews, press releases, the subject's own website, or sponsored content.

Please add references that meet all three of these criteria. If none exist, the subject is not yet suitable for Wikipedia.

Declined by DrStrauss 9 years ago.

Submission declined on 10 March 2017 by DrStrauss (talk).

This draft's references do not show that the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that:

provide significant coverage: discuss the subject in detail, not just brief mentions or routine announcements;
are reliable: from reputable outlets with editorial oversight;
are independent: not connected to the subject, such as interviews, press releases, the subject's own website, or sponsored content.

Please add references that meet all three of these criteria. If none exist, the subject is not yet suitable for Wikipedia.

Declined by DrStrauss 9 years ago.

Submission declined on 31 January 2017 by SwisterTwister (talk).

This draft's references do not show that the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion for web content. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that:

provide significant coverage: discuss the subject in detail, not just brief mentions or routine announcements;
are reliable: from reputable outlets with editorial oversight;
are independent: not connected to the subject, such as the subject's own website, or sponsored content.

Please add references that meet all three of these criteria. If none exist, the subject is not yet suitable for Wikipedia.

Declined by SwisterTwister 9 years ago.

Comment: Reviews don't seem to be from very reputable sources. Awesomecat (✉ / ✎) 03:33, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

Comment: Relies too heavily on primary sources like "Visual Studio Marketplace". SocDoneLeft (talk) 19:48, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Comment: More sources needed. Gusfriend (talk) 09:22, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

Comment: We still need more WP:42 sources. DrStrauss talk 10:48, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

Comment: Erring on the side of declining. A couple more major reviews and we'll be ready to go! DrStrauss talk 17:51, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

Comment: Not significant to satisfy our basic policies as there's no major reviews. SwisterTwister talk 22:15, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

Advanced Installer

Advanced Installer is a setup packaging tool used by software developers (both commercial and Open Source^[1]^[2]), independent software vendors, MSPs, and IT Professionals to create Windows installation packages such as the classic Windows Installer MSI or the modern MSIX.

History

The product is developed by Caphyon,^[3] a Romanian software company founded in 2002. Advanced Installer first appeared in 2003 as a more user-friendly alternative to the available packaging software at the time.

Advanced Installer 2.0 was released in 2004. In the same year, Advanced Installer introduced its first two commercial editions, Java and Professional, in addition to its perpetually free edition.^[4]

In March 2018, Microsoft collaborated on the release of the Advanced Installer Express edition.^[5] It was the first tool capable of creating MSIX packages until the release of Microsoft's MSIX Packaging Tool six months later.^[6]

In the following years, Advanced Installer added integrations for VMware, Docker, GitHub. In 2021, official support to build setup packages for Windows 11 was also included. Version 23.2, which was released in October 2025, has several new features, including a Suite Installer, an updated MSIX Editor, and SBOM Generator integration.

Features

The software includes features for application licensing, deploying updates, repackaging and importing old setups, setup analytics, IIS website installation, SQL database handling, driver and VSTO add-ins^[7] installation, which substantially simplify the setup build and deployment tasks. Advanced Installer also includes a Microsoft Visual Studio extension for managing installer projects within the Microsoft Visual Studio solution.^[8]

The tool comes with dedicated plugins for build servers like Azure DevOps,^[9] Jenkins, TeamCity, and Bamboo.

Advanced Installer competes in the setup packaging industry against InstallShield, WiX^[10], and others.

References

^ "Using Advanced Installer". WinBIND. 2021-04-29.
^ "Tomcat Web Application deployed with Windows Advanced Installer". The Right Software. 2017-05-30.
^ "Caphyon: Desktop Apps in The Windows Store". SD Times. 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
^ "Review:Advanced Installer". ADTmag. 2004-09-24.
^ "MSIX partners". MSIX - Microsoft Learn.
^ "Exploring Advanced Installer Express free edition to convert legacy apps to UWP". 2018-03-21.
^ "Using Advanced Installer with Viso VSTO Add-Ins". bVisual. 2019-02-27. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
^ "Advanced Installer: Application packing for IT pros and developers". 4sysops. 2020-05-07.
^ "Building installers for your Windows applications with Advanced Installer and Azure DevOps". techcommunity.microsoft.com. 2020-01-31.
^ "Goodbye WiX Installer => Hello Advanced Installer". jammer. 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2022-05-19.

Category:Installation software Category:Microsoft development tools

[1] "Using Advanced Installer". WinBIND. 2021-04-29.

[2] "Tomcat Web Application deployed with Windows Advanced Installer". The Right Software. 2017-05-30.

[3] "Caphyon: Desktop Apps in The Windows Store". SD Times. 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2017-06-07.

[4] "Review:Advanced Installer". ADTmag. 2004-09-24.

[5] "MSIX partners". MSIX - Microsoft Learn.

[6] "Exploring Advanced Installer Express free edition to convert legacy apps to UWP". 2018-03-21.

[7] "Using Advanced Installer with Viso VSTO Add-Ins". bVisual. 2019-02-27. Retrieved 2022-06-24.

[8] "Advanced Installer: Application packing for IT pros and developers". 4sysops. 2020-05-07.

[9] "Building installers for your Windows applications with Advanced Installer and Azure DevOps". techcommunity.microsoft.com. 2020-01-31.

[10] "Goodbye WiX Installer => Hello Advanced Installer". jammer. 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2022-05-19.

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