Bob Kelly

An author and industry expert on desktop administration, Flexera Product Management Manager Bob Kelly has been an IT Professional for 30 years. He is a three time Microsoft MVP who has presented at many leading industry events and has written white papers and best practices guides for multiple companies and publishers. Bob is the founder of the popular IT communities AppDeploy, ITNinja, and AppDetails. After 10 years in product management with Dell/KACE, Bob brings his extensive IT background and product management skills together at Flexera where he is responsible for product management of the Software Vulnerability Management and Application Readiness product lines.

Recent Posts by Bob Kelly

Save Time and Money by Enabling IT Staff to Update Software Better and Faster

You need new and updated software deployed throughout your organization constantly. Security updates, replacement of software that has reached end of life, new releases, application migration efforts …

December 6, 2019 Bob Kelly

Introducing: The Package Feed Module

If you are like most desktop admins, you don’t repackage near as much as you once did. There was a time when it was a challenge to run a vendor silent installation silently, let alone inject any sort …

August 21, 2019 Bob Kelly

Introducing: Threat Intelligence Module

A new module is now available for our software vulnerability management solutions. It is called the Threat Intelligence Module and it takes your ability to focus on the vulnerabilities that matter mos…

March 29, 2019 Bob Kelly

Wise Script Editor and AdminStudio

After a few partner and customer inquiries (as well as some surprisingly active social media threads) I wanted to lay out the rationale behind bringing Wise Script Editor (WSE) into the AdminStudio Suite. I’ll elaborate further below, but anyone looking for the quick reason why we added WSE as an option for wrapping alongside PowerShell support, it is because… Some who do packaging work do not know PowerShell EXE wrapping is preferred by many …

December 21, 2018 Bob Kelly

Automating the Application Readiness Process with PowerShell

AdminStudio Enterprise Edition includes a robust set of PowerShell cmdlets that allow for extensive control of the solution which enables powerful automation possibilities that can significantly speed…

November 1, 2018 Bob Kelly

SCUP Catalogs vs. Software Vulnerability Manager

Systems Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) has been around with limited success since 2011, but is getting the spotlight thanks to integration in the latest releases of System Center Configuration Manage…

October 3, 2018 Bob Kelly

MSIX Customization Packages: Transforms

How do I create an MST file for a MSIX package? Would that be a MSTX package? There must be some way to generate transform files for MSIX packages! This is the train of thought anyone with an MSI back…

October 3, 2018 Bob Kelly

MSIX: The New Super Package?

Microsoft wants you to never regret installing an application again. The problem: installing, removing and updating applications eventually results in what has become known as “Windows rot” where thin…

August 8, 2018 Bob Kelly

MSIX: What is it and what is Flexera doing with it?

What is MSIX? MSIX is Microsoft’s upcoming application package format that aims to replace all others, including MSI and script-based installers. It will offer benefits from previous formats, including from App-V (separation of application from OS) and APPX (a manifest that describes how a package should be installed and activated). Microsoft wants you never to regret installing an application on Windows again and MSIX is their answer to this eve…

June 1, 2018 Bob Kelly