facilitate application discovery get the “known” data test for issues mitigate where possible
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Chris Jackson“The App Compat Guy”Microsoft Corporation
The App Compat Process and Tools
ACT 6.0
ACT’s Goals
Facilitate application discovery
Get the “known” data
Test for issues
Mitigate where possible
ACT 5.6
High-Level Changes
ACT 5.6Separate downloadable tool
Testing and inventory together
Down-level testing
Separated tools
ACT 6.0Integrated into Windows ADK
Inventory and testing separate
Target OS testing
Tools integrated
ACT 6.0
ACT 6.0 Workflow
Compatibility Exchange
IT Pro Application Compatibility
Manager
Organization
ApplicationCompatibility
Manager
Inventory Collector
Log Processing Service
Pilot TestingRuntime Analysis
Package
ACT Databas
e
Collect Inventory
Install and configure ACTInstall through Assessment and Deployment Kit
Plan infrastructureEstablish database, log processing service, log share
Create and deploy inventory collectorMSI created through Application Compatibility Manager
Process inventory logsLog processing service pushes inventory data into ACT database
Planning Testing
Sync with the Compatibility ExchangeReceive vendor and community data for productsImprovements to the backend to increase coverage and flexibility
Categorize, prioritize, and filterSet the categories, deployment status, priorities of applications
View applications in groupsApplications are grouped when multiple versions are present
Runtime Analysis Package
ACT Tools
Internet Explorer
App Crashes
User Feedback
User Steps
PCA
No down-level testing“DCP” is now just inventory collectorTesting happens on target OS
Compatibility MonitorMonitor for issues when testing applicationsGather data and send to be put in ACT DB
Analyze Results
View user ratings and feedbackUser ratings aggregated and shown alongside community dataFeedback is visible for each application in a feedback tab
View issues detected from testingIssues tab populated with detected issues from testing
Dive deeper with timelinesEvery event considered part of a grander timeline Dig in to reconstruct what happened
Mitigate
Find vendor-supported new versionWhen possible, provides the safest and most foolproof option
Use shims from ACT 5.6 toolsStandard User Analyzer or Compatibility Administrator can be used to fix some applications
Fix issues in code where possible
Helpful LinksADK download pagehttp://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29929
Windows 8 Compatibility Cookbookhttp://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27416
Application Compatibility List for IT Professionalshttp://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=2394
How to Reach UsChris Jackson: [email protected] Sweetgall: [email protected] feedback: [email protected]
Testing
App Compat Testing
Smoke Test
(Launch / Poke
Around
Schedule Meeting
with User
Customer Acceptance Testing
Start
EndRemediation
Ready to Deploy
Install Applicatio
n
Remediation
Remediation Waterfall
Fix the Code / New App
Shims / Policy Change
Server Virtualization
Client Virtualization
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