1. Testing and Fixing Apps on Windows 7 using Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.6 Vijay Raj ‘VJ’ MVP {Setup-Deploy}

2. about.me/vj Work at Texas Instruments, India. Microsoft MVP [Setup-Deploy] STEP Member for Windows 7 Passionate about Technology Evangelism Avid Blogger at www.msigeek.com Excited about Photography and Music Fan of Mark Russinovich, Sachin and Rahman!

3. Session Outline Need for Application Compatibility Methods to mitigate the Compatibility Issues Overview of Microsoft Virtualization Solutions Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.6 –Platform Setup –Analyzing ACT Reports – X86 and X64 –SCCM Connect –Overview of Shim Infrastructure –Web Applications Compatibility

4. Session Takeaways Learn how to start your Application Compatibility Process Analyze Application Reports on ACT How to work with Shims Methods to mitigate and fix Broken Applications

5. General Hitches Faced by an User! My App shows a dialog “This Operating System is not supported” I have an old printer, but that doesn’t work! My Application throws the UAC dialog every time I launch an application! When I click on update options in my application, I get an access denied error. I don’t see a web browser element, when I open my website on Windows 7

6. ACT Process – Simple Block Diagram Collect an Application Inventory Rationalize and Consolidate Applications Analyze for Compatibility and ISV Support Test for and Mitigate Compatibility Issues

7. DEMO ACT Environment Setup

8. Detailed ACT Process LAN An IT Administrator configures and deploys the DCPs to specified computers by using the ACM The DCPs write log files into the log folder The ACT Log Processing Service processes the log files and uploads the data to the ACT database The ACM presents the collected data for analysis The ACM uses the Internet to retrieve the relevant assessments, issues, and solutions that are posted by Microsoft, vendors, and then ACT Community 1 2 3 4 5

9. High Level Architecture

10. DEMO Analyzing ACT Reports – 32bit and 64bit Apps

11. Shims and Layers WindowsWindows ShimShim ApplicationApplication Child Application LayerLayer

12. DEMO Creating Shims – App Compat Modes

13. Other Tools in the ACT Suite Standard User Analyzer IECTT Compatibility Administrator

14. DEMO ACT Tools – Overview of SUA, IECTT

15. ACT Project Plan

16. Other Solutions for AppCompat Remote Application Hosting Desktop Virtualization Virtualize Applications

17. Summing Up! Windows 7 is more feature rich in terms of Security and reliability. Always test your applications as Standard Users AppCompat is a critical Process – –Microsoft takes this very seriously –Lots of free tools available online to help with developers and ITPros With all the work and leveraging Windows 7, You will know realize that, “The Juice is worth the Squeeze..!”

18. References and Call to Action Chris Jackson’s Blog - http://blogs.msdn.com/cjacks/ How To’s and Tips - http://appcompat.msigeek.com AppCompat VRTs - http://www.microsoft.com/springboard Springboard Series Survey - http://tinyurl.com/STEP251 Microsoft TechNet - http://www.technet.com/appcompat Follow me on Twitter at @msigeek

19. Kaun Banega IT Pro Champion Quiz Contest 1:30-2:00 PM on 24 th & 25 th March Here’s an opportunity to prove your knowledge/skills around IT Pro topics – Desktop Deployment, Security & Virtualization Technologies Win exciting prizes Those interested in nominating yourself, please stay back!

20. Resources Software Application Developers http://msdn.microsoft.com/ Infrastructure Professionals http://technet.microsoft.com/ msdnindia technetindia @msdnindia @technetindia

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