1. Get more from your existing enterprise apps on Windows 10
BRK2068
Get more from your existing enterprise apps on Windows 10
Arian Ghotbi Senior Program Manager, Windows App Model
Vladimir Postel Senior Program Manager, Windows App Model

2. Agenda Simplified deployment and distribution
Trustworthy installs without WinRot or DLL conflicts
Migrate your existing apps and user data
Integrate with Win10 features/APIs
Gradual migration to Universal Windows Platform at your pace
Modern DevOps with VS Mobile Center

3. Challenges today User Developer Administrator Discover Require Admin
Staying up-to-date
Clean Uninstall
Developer
Maintaining installer tech
Providing auto-updates
DLL conflicts & WinRot
Trustworthy distribution
Administrator
Distribution
Windows 10S
Security
Privacy

4. Simplified deployment and distribution
Accelerate bringing desktop solutions to the Microsoft Store for Business and Universal Windows Platform
Simplified and trusted deployment
Clean and simple install/uninstall
Updates delivered using differential downloads
No elevation/UAC
Modernizing with UWP
Add UWP capabilities (Live Tiles, push notifications, in-app purchase)
Add XAML UI, move away from monolithic solutions and migrate at your own pace 4

5. Modernize and migrate to UWP
App package
Desktop app
Package
App package
Desktop app
UWP APIs
Enhance
App package
UWP app
Extend
Desktop app
UWP APIs
App package
UWP app
Desktop app
Migrate
UWP APIs
App package
UWP app
Reach all

6. More than a thousand apps already migrated!

7. Conversion tooling options
Desktop App Converter (DAC)
Command line tool provided by Microsoft
Desktop Bridge is agnostic to your desktop application or installer technology
SDK/Visual Studio
Instructions and samples on MSDN for creating app packages for desktop apps
Third-party tools
InstallShield by Flexera
WiX by FireGiant
Advanced Installer by Caphyon
InstallAware APPX Builder
Embacadero RAD, Builder
Cloudhouse

8. Prepare for the Desktop Bridge
Test your app on .NET 4.6.1
Don’t require to run with elevated privileges
Don’t install kernel mode driver or NT service
Don’t use local AppData for communication with other apps
Don’t write to the install directory
Complete preparation guide is on MSDN

9. DEMO
Desktop App Converter

10. Windows application packaging project
New project template in VS 2017
Package your Windows project into an .appx directly in VS for streamline deployment
You can reference your existing projects such as: WPF, Winforms, or MFC
Leverage the advanced Universal Windows Platform tools such as: Packaging, Manifest editing, and Store association

11. DEMO
Windows App Packaging Project

12. Microsoft Store for business and education Your one-stop-shop to find, acquire, manage, and distribute first- and third-party products
First- and third-party products and services
Line of business apps
Customized store experiences for your organization
Pay the way you want
Best price based on your organization’s purchase history
Easily share what you bought with your department, class, or organization
One place to see and manage everything you’ve acquired from Microsoft
Find
Acquire
Distribute
Manage

13. App distribution options
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App distribution options
Ideal for self-serve scenarios
Admin curates apps available to all employees to install self-serve
Ideal for targeted deployments
Employees receive an invitation via , or can go to ‘My Library’ in Windows Store to install apps
Ideal for organizations requiring robust controls
Push apps directly to the devices people in your org use. Works with Intune, SCCM, and other third-party MDM providers
Private store
Direct assign
MDM integration
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14. DEMO
Microsoft Store for Business

15. Migrate your apps and user data
User pins & start tiles can easily be migrated
Same code base
User data can be migrated
Unpackaged app can be uninstalled
Windows 7
Windows 10

16. DEMO
Migration and user transition from Windows 7 to Windows 10

17. Modernize your app with the Universal Windows Platform
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Modernize your app with the Universal Windows Platform
Your app has an identity
You can utilize a larger number of Universal Windows Platform APIs
Examples are: Toast and Live Tile APIs
Now that you have arrived in the Universal Windows Platform App Model
Your app has a manifest
You can use all Universal Windows Platform extensions in your app package
Examples are: AppService, BackgroundTask, ShareTarget, XAML
What else can you do?
Anything a Universal Windows Platform can do
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18. DEMOS
Modernize your app
Windows Hello
MFC app with push notifications

19. Easy to deploy two-factor password alternative
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Windows Hello
Easy to deploy two-factor password alternative
Breach, theft, and phish resistant credentials
Supports fingerprint, PIN, biometric, and companion devices
Single sign-on experience
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20. DEMOS
Modernize your app
Windows Hello
MFC app with push notifications

21. DEMOS
Modernize your app
Windows Hello
MFC app with push notifications

22. 7/30/2018 2:38 PM
VS Mobile Center
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23. Visual Studio Mobile Center
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Push Notifications
A/B Testing
Visual Studio Mobile Center
Remote Config.
Identity
Crash Reporting
Live Update
Storage
Tables
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24. Session recap Simplified deployment & distribution
Package as Windows App Package (.appx) for streamline deployment
Leverage the Windows Store & Microsoft Store for Business
Migrate your apps and user data
Migrate user pins/tiles and data
Deploy the same app to Win7 & Win10
Modernize
Enhance and migrate to Universal Windows Platform at your own pace
Windows 10 APIs
DevOps with Mobile Center

25. Resources Docs: http://aka.ms/DesktopBridge Converter:
Samples:
Learning:

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27. Windows Developer Breakout Sessions
7/30/2018 2:38 PM
Date and Time
Title
Session ID
Tuesday, 9/26
4:00-5:15
Get more from your existing enterprise apps on Windows 10 with efficient deployment and DevOps
BRK2068
Wednesday, 9/27
10:45-12:00
Build powerful new applications for the enterprise on Windows 10 with the Universal Windows Platform
BRK2069
Thursday, 9/28
12:30-1:45
10 things you didn’t know about building .NET UWP apps in Visual Studio 2017
BRK3327
2:15-3:30
Build amazing apps with the Fluent Design
BRK2070
4:15-5:15
Improve productivity for cross platform and cross device apps using Microsoft Graph and Project Rome
BRK2314
Friday, 9/29
9:00-9:45
Low investment, high reach enterprise experiences using bots and Adaptive Cards
BRK2053
10:15-11:00
Building Windows Mixed Reality experiences with Unity
BRK2051
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28. Windows Developer Theater Sessions
7/30/2018 2:38 PM
Date and Time
Title
Session ID
Thursday, 9/28
10:50-11:10
Dev Center analytics for Win32 developers
THR2204R
12:05-12:25
Secure Hyperconnectivity with TeamViewer and Windows technologies
THR2268
12:40-1:00
How HP embraced Windows as a service (WaaS) to develop a new app suite for Sprout in record time
THR2230
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