

The Java MSI installer is only available through MOS for licensees of Java SE Subscription, Java SE Desktop Subscription, Java SE Advanced and Java SE Advanced Desktop. WLS Enterprise customers are provided a Java SE Advanced entitlement, and may use the MSI to install on the systems where WLS runs, they cannot however deploy the MSI across unrelated systems without a separate Java SE Subscription, Java SE Desktop Subscription, Java SE Advanced or Java SE Advanced Desktop license. A Java SE Subscription, Java SE Desktop Subscription, legacy Java SE Advanced or Java SE Advanced Desktop license is required for each desktop, and server the Java MSI installer will target. Please note that a Java SE Support entitlement alone does not permit use of the Java MSI installer. The Java MSI Installer is available to Java SE Advanced and Java SE Advanced Desktop licensees through My Oracle Support (MOS). The Java MSI Installer documentation appears at and provides information including a list of supported configurations. System Administrators can then mass-install (or uninstall) these MSIs through desktop management systems like Microsoft SCCM. MSI stands for “Microsoft System Installer”, and has a consistent format to manage information normally entered manually, and allows the customization of installations through the use of transforms. The alternative to the Java MSI Installer is to use the public “exe” installer, which is designed for manual installation on one machine at a time. It is available to Java SE Subscription, and Java SE Desktop Subscription subscribers, and is a commercial feature entitlement for legacy Java SE Advanced and Java SE Advanced Desktop customers. The “Enterprise JRE Installer”, or “Java MSI Installer”, allows system administrators to quickly and consistently roll out pre-configured Oracle JRE updates to Windows systems via automation tools.
