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App Compat for Windows 8 Chris Jackson “The App Compat Guy” Microsoft 11/29/2018 3:50 PM App Compat for Windows 8 Chris Jackson “The App Compat Guy” Microsoft DC-B305 © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

your applications

a compatible application has no bugs on the platform you want that stop you from getting work done

improve software asset management application quality certification application license management application portfolio management

Conservative accountants who assign zero values to many intangible benefits prefer being precisely wrong to being vaguely right. Kaplan, R. “Must CIM be justified by faith alone?”, Harvard Business Review, Volume 64, Number 2. 1986

business value – risk low medium high current future

business value – application stack infrastructure platform applications current future

business value – new vs. sustaining current future

business value – pace system of record system of differentiation system of innovation current future

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did you get your money’s worth from vb6?

probabilistic approach

tool accuracy: windows xp – windows 8 85%

probability an app flagged as broken is broken Prior Probability Initial estimate of incompatibility x 20% A new event occurs: tools data Probability app is broken y 85% Probability app works Z 15% Posterior Probability Revised estimate app is broken 𝑥𝑦 𝑥𝑦+𝑧(1−𝑥) 59%

tool accuracy: windows 7 – windows 8 60%

probability an app flagged as broken is broken Prior Probability Initial estimate of incompatibility x 8% A new event occurs: tools data Probability app is broken y 60% Probability app works Z 40% Posterior Probability Revised estimate app is broken 𝑥𝑦 𝑥𝑦+𝑧(1−𝑥) 12%

tool accuracy: ie6 – ie10 30%

probability an app flagged as broken is broken Prior Probability Initial estimate of incompatibility x 25% A new event occurs: tools data Probability app is broken y 30% Probability app works Z 70% Posterior Probability Revised estimate app is broken 𝑥𝑦 𝑥𝑦+𝑧(1−𝑥) 13%

tool accuracy: ie8 – ie10 30%

probability an app flagged as broken is broken Prior Probability Initial estimate of incompatibility x 5% A new event occurs: tools data Probability app is broken y 30% Probability app works Z 70% Posterior Probability Revised estimate app is broken 𝑥𝑦 𝑥𝑦+𝑧(1−𝑥) 2%

the world is too complex for certainty

platform transitions structured testing organic testing application governance platform exploitation

Runtime Analysis Package PCA User Feedback Internet Explorer No down-level testing “DCP” is now just inventory collector Testing happens on target OS Compatibility Monitor Monitor for issues when testing applications Gather data and send to be put in ACT DB User Steps App Crashes ACT Tools

motivating the team

 used a tool

i believe i can do this

configuration

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