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kmantagi
Flexera
Jan 04, 2021
11:32 AM
2 Kudos
Appreciate your feedback @Ralph_Crowley We will keep adding more details in the documentation around iPlugin, its usage and methods in the future releases of Workflow Manager. Meanwhile, if you need any help in understanding the usage of iPlugin and/or any of its methods, please file a support case by navigating to Get Support -> Open New Case.
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Dec 23, 2020
09:28 AM
2 Kudos
Workflow Manager 2020 Update 2 helps you accurately track SLAs, to help you stay on top of your timelines.
Released today, 23rd Dec 2020, Workflow Manager 2020 Update 2 features:
New SLA Reports
The new SLA reports give insights on the total time spent, hold time, number of rollbacks at each step and phase of a workflow and roll it up for the entire workflow. The new reports enable you to adjust a workflow's Risk Date and Due Date based on the total hold time to help you accurately track SLAs.
New Data Element for User Role based selection
Searching for a right person from a huge list of users to make a work assignment could be time-consuming at times. This new data element helps you look up for a user based on their assigned roles, making it simple and quick to identify the right person for work assignment.
New Iplugin Methods
Iplugin is a powerful interface which could be leveraged to build your automation framework to perform certain automated tasks based on certain actions in Workflow Manager. New methods are added to the Iplugin interface for Rollback and Assignment. These new methods could be leveraged in your framework to perform certain tasks when a workflow is rolled back and/or an assignment is made.
Few other minor enhancements and bug fixes
Please refer the release notes for Workflow Manager 2020 Update 2 here.
Workflow Manager 2020 Update 2 is available for download from Product and License Center.
We would love to hear your ideas for Workflow Manager and AdminStudio via our new Ideas portal.
To keep yourself updated with Workflow Manager and AdminStudio product releases and updates, please subscribe to this release blog!
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Dec 18, 2020
01:42 PM
1 Kudo
AdminStudio 2020 R2 was a feature packed release and Service Pack 1 just took it to the next level.
AdminStudio 2020 R2, released on 3 rd November 2020, featured:
MSIX Editor
We have been continuously adding features to support MSIX package format in every release of AdminStudio since MSIX was first announced. This release took a leap forward towards our support for MSIX by adding, to the AdminStudio suite of tools, a dedicated tool for editing MSIX packages designed specifically for IT Professionals – MSIX Editor.
Product Enhancements and Version Updates
Perform application compatibility testing against Windows 10 2004
Publish applications from AdminStudio catalog to ConfigMgr 2002
Assess packages readiness for MSIX conversion with the new rules added under MSIX Conversion Compatibility
Wrap packages in the AdminStudio catalog with the PowerShell App Deploy Toolkit v3.8.2
Identify packages dependent on Java up until version 15.0
Several Package Automation enhancements
InstallShield 2020 R2
For the complete list of features and enhancement introduced in AdminStudio 2020 R2, please refer the release notes here.
AdminStudio 2020 R2 Service Pack 1
AdminStudio 2020 R2 Service Pack 1, a minor updated on AdminStudio 2020 R2, released on 17 th December 2020, adds the following product enhancements:
Support the new and latest version of Windows 10 – 20H2 for application compatibility testing
Support for integration with Multi-tenant FlexNet Manager Suite (FNMS) On-Premises via Flexera Service Gateway (FSG)
InstallShield 2020 R3
Please refer the release notes for AdminStudio 2020 R2 SP1 here.
AdminStudio 2020 R2 SP1 is now available for download in Product and License Center.
We would love to hear your ideas for AdminStudio via our new Ideas portal.
To keep yourself updated with AdminStudio product releases and updates, please subscribe to this release blog!
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Dec 17, 2020
12:43 PM
2 Kudos
Software Vulnerability Manager December 2020 update is live now. This release adds a most requested and very significant feature to SVM along with some valuable product enhancements.
Publish patches to Microsoft Intune from SVM
SVM integration with Intune was on top of our list of priorities based on many of our customer requests. You can now publish both the Flexera Software Package System (SPS) and Vendor Patch Module (VPM) patches to Intune from SVM. The SVM Patch Configuration tool (aka Patch Daemon) lets you setup a connection between SVM server and Intune. This capability is applicable to both automatic (subscribed packages) and manual (single patch) publish.
Please note that when a patch is published from SVM to Intune, you may be required to make edits, in Intune, to the Requirements and Detection Rules automatically set by the SVM to meet your requirements. This is a known issue; we will be releasing a new version of Patch Daemon soon to fix this issue.
New Data APIs
Three new data APIs are added in this release to help you download the assessment data from SVM and persist in your local database. If you wish you build a historical report for your organization to understand the trends of vulnerabilities from a device and software standpoint, then these are the APIs for you.
Agent Caching of Scan Rules
New scan agents available with this release, will now cache scan rules. Agents servers will determine if the agent needs a new set of rules and will only push these rules if needed. This will result in decrease in the amount of network traffic generated by the scan agents which will be especially beneficial in very large environments. To take benefit of this enhancement, the current version of the scan agent in your environment should be upgraded to the new version of the agent - 7.6.0.15.
For more details regarding our December update, please see the full release notes here.
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Dec 17, 2020
05:19 AM
There is a user guide for MSIX Editor. Click on About MSIX Editor button in the ribbon and then click Help button on the dialog box to see the user guide:
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Dec 16, 2020
11:08 AM
1 Kudo
Package Dependency and Main Package Dependency are two different types of dependencies an MSIX package can have.
Package Dependency is like a prerequisite package on which the MSIX is dependent on. These are generally framework packages like VC++ libs etc. When installed from Microsoft Store, the packages defined in Package Dependency get installed automatically before the actual MSIX package.
Main Package Dependency is applicable only for a Modification package. For a Modification package, its parent MSIX package should be added as a Main Package Dependency, so the Modification package can uniquely identify its parent MSIX package and apply the modifications defined in the package.
I hope that helps.
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Dec 16, 2020
10:57 AM
The FlexWrap tool is deprecated from AdminStudio few years ago. The tool is no longer available in AdminStudio. Also, the tool no longer supported.
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Dec 16, 2020
02:26 AM
1 Kudo
@ConsilioTechGuy
Our team should get in touch with you soon with the download link to AdminStudio bits.
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Dec 14, 2020
01:23 AM
2 Kudos
It ’s quite evident from Flexera’s Digital Transformation Planning Report that Digital Transformation is a top focus for many s enior IT l eaders. Organizations are investing and executing initiatives towards Digital Transformation. As part of these initiatives , o rganizations are look ing towards Managed Service Providers (MSP) for their expertise and support for a faster and more reliable ways to help them in their Digital Transformation journey. Managed Service Providers are faced with challenges of finding creative solutions to address their customers’ needs.
At Flexera, w e hear in our conservations with various MSP customers, that they are very commonly asked by their customers on how they can help t hem in the ir Digital Transformation journey , specifically, Desktop Modernization, Application Modernization and Automation . The goal for these initiatives is to help drive a great end user experience with increased efficiency and productivity with zero down time. In this article we will share how AdminStudio can enable MSPs to help their customers achieve their Digital Transformation as a new or an enhanced offering .
Desktop Modernization
Unlike in the past, where Microsoft release d a major version of Windows Operating System once every three to five years and support ed the version for about a decade, a new version of Windows 10 is released every six months and it is support ed for only 18 months for Home users and 30 months for Enterprise users. So, Organizations must keep moving to new version s of Windows 10 faster than ever to ensure their end points are all on the latest and secured version of the Operating System . Being on the latest versions allows them to leverag e all the new features and functionalities for their end users to have a modern experience. The biggest challenge for an o rganization to move to a new version of an Operating System is to ensure minimal down - time and a major impediment to achieve this goal is Application Compatibility. To ensure no down time, it is essential that all the applications in the ir portfolio are tested for compatibility against the new version of Windows 10 prior to deployment . Being on the latest version of Windows 10 requires continuous application compatibility testing.
AdminStudio’s Application Compatibility feature tests a package for its compatibility against various versions of Windows Operating System. AdminStudio is continuously update d to support new version s of Windows Operating System s when ever made available by Microsoft. For many of the compatibility issues identif ied by AdminStudio, there are automatic , out - of - the - box fixes provided. For complex issues, it is customary practice to leverage various tools in the AdminStudio suite such as InstallShield, Tuner , and others . This powerful feature of AdminStudio, enables you to be ready to migrate to a new version of Windows 10 with full confidence while ensuring no down - time due to application compatibility issues to achieve Desktop Modernization.
Application Modernization
Achieving reliable deployment of a new software version and /or update d versions is a daily challenge for an IT team in any o rganization . Adding to this the need to perform clean uninstallation of an older or end of life software, the challenge becomes twofold. Microsoft’s new package format – MSIX, offers helpful benefits like simple installation, easy handling of updates , modification packages to manage customization and clean uninstallation. Applications must have an identity to make a call to some of the UWP APIs. MSIX packages enable application identity in Win32 apps by declaring 'Identity' in the AppxManifest.xml. Thus, MSIX packages make it easy for the traditional Win32 apps to leverage the new UWP APIs to take advantage of Windows 10 new features like biometric authentication, toast notifications, live tiles, new UI controls etc. to drive modern end user experience. T he se qualities of modern experience and easy handling of installation and updates makes MSIX the best suited package for both the IT team and the end user a like. MSIX is a recent technology and is still evolving, however Microsoft is invested and committed in MSIX to make it the future package to replace MSI, App-V, EXE , and other package formats. Many of our customers are very enthusiastic about MSIX and are looking at modernizing their current and legacy package forma ts soon to drive a modern experience for their end users . MSIX combined with the new cloud - based end point management systems like Microsoft Intune, VMware Workspace ONE , and others make the challenge of managing software deployments and updates easier , thus making the IT team more efficient and productive so they are free to focus on other complex and challenging tasks.
AdminStudio was quick to support MSIX when it was initially introduced back in 2018 and has been consistently adding new features and enhancement s to support this new package format in every release since . AdminStudio can help you modernize your applications by converting your legacy packages to the new MSIX packages. Also, AdminStudio’s integration with ConfigMgr , Intune, Workspace ONE , and others can help you hand off packages to these systems to achieve modern and reliable software deployments more quickly, easily, and consistently .
Automation
Managed Service Providers operate on an overly aggressive Service Level Agreements. They are always expected to deliver more for less by their customers. Their customers expect them to leverage more automation for quicker deliver y without compris ing on quality. Using AdminStudio’s powerful set of PowerShell Cmdlets you can automate the entire application packag ing process to save you a lot of time and money while maintaining tight control over each activity . Tools like Automated Application Converter lets you convert a batch of legacy packages to MSIX or other desired package format automatically again saving a lot of manual work. Automation options have graduated to a new level with the introduction of Package Automation feature s in AdminStudio which allow you to subscribe to applications for automatic processing . W hen a new version of an application is made available by the vendor and appears in the Package Feed Module , automation supports getting the new version and perform ing various pre-defined actions hands-free . With this latest advancement in automation, Package Automation can be achieved within the user interface , so it is not necessary to write complex scripts.
AdminStudio is the de-facto industry standard tool for creating the best quality software packages for reliable deployments. While this is the core functionality of the product, there are various new and innovative features added to the product to empower Manage Service Providers to take up the challenge of helping their customers realize their transformation towards Desktop and App Modernization.
For more, see this short video detailing what’s new and coming soon as of late 2020.
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Dec 07, 2020
10:35 AM
This crash wasn't seen during the QA phase of AdminStudio 2020. I will pass this feedback to the team right away, meanwhile I suggest you to file a support case by navigating to Get Support -> Open New Case. We need to evaluate if this issue is specific to your environment, a support case would help us co-ordinate with you directly.
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Nov 23, 2020
04:08 AM
Hello @kinvieb
Please fill up this simple form and our team will get in touch with you with AdminStudio trial bits:
https://info.flexera.com/AR-EVAL-AdminStudio
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Nov 05, 2020
12:06 AM
3 Kudos
While Flexera has been delivering MSIX support incrementally since it was first announced, we are happy to share that AdminStudio 2020 R2 adds to its suite of powerful tools another new capability in support of MSIX, a dedicated MSIX Editor designed specifically for IT professionals. MSIX Editor makes editing of MSIX packages super easy, enabling you to:
Open MSIX and Modification packages and get insights into the package
Make desired changes to MSIX packages
Save changes made to a MSIX package as a Modification package
Digitally sign MSIX and Modification packages
Trace MSIX packages to identify run time issues
Apply Package Support Framework fixups to fix run time issues
A quick refresher on MSIX, before we learn how to edit MSIX packages in MSIX Editor:
MSIX is a Windows app package format that brings the best features of MSI, .appx, App-V, and ClickOnce together into a single format to provide a modern and reliable packaging experience. The MSIX package format enables the new deployment features to Win32, WPF and Windows Forms apps while still retaining their functionality. Apps that are packaged using MSIX run inside a container. All the MSIX processes run inside the container and are isolated from the OS using virtual file system and registry. An MSIX app writes to its own virtual registry and application data folder, and this data will be deleted completely upon uninstallation thus making uninstallation of an app absolutely clean with no footprints of the app left on the machine. This isolation and clean uninstallation help you to get away with the traditional packaging problems like ‘Winrot’ and ‘DLL Hell’.
Editing MSIX Packages
The Appxmanifest.xml is the most important file in MSIX package. This is an XML file which defines all the important aspects of the package and its features. Appxmanifest.xml dictates the installation and runtime behavior of the package. The MSIX Editor is organized into various views in the left pane which is based on the Appxmanifest.xml structure. This arrangement of the views helps you to easily identify and understand all the properties of an MSIX package and to make any desired changes.
In this demo, we will see how to use MSIX Editor to edit the content of a simple MSIX package and save the changes as a new version of the package:
Creating MSIX Modification Packages
A Modification package lets you customize an existing MSIX package. A modification package is similar to a Transform (.mst) for an MSI package in that it changes the installation, however the changes can be applied at any time with a modification package (as opposed to an MSI transform which must be applied during the installation process). A primary benefit of a modification package is that it is not tied to a specific version of its main MSIX package, which gives you an advantage to create a modification package once and use it for all the current and future version of its main MSIX packages, unless you want to add any additional customizations.
Modification packages have the same extension as MSIX packages but contain only files and registry keys. Modification packages cannot be installed on a machine independently. The main MSIX package must be already installed on a machine to install its modification package on the same machine to apply customization successfully. When a modification package is installed, Windows will see its content as part of the same container as that of the main MSIX package thus treating every file and registry key in a modification package as part of the its main MSIX package.
In this demo, we will see how to make changes to a simple MSIX package and save those changes as a modification package using MSIX Editor:
Known Limitations
MSIX Editor lets you perform all the basic editing and updating of your MSIX packages, however some advanced editing (such as the editing of visual assents or declarations) are not available in this introductory version of the MSIX Editor. Here is the list of known limitations in the MSIX Editor at this point:
Views under Application Properties node - Applications, Visual Assets, App Declarations and Content URIs, and App Manifest view are read only. These views display the content from the MSIX package, but there is no edit capability.
The only fixup that is supported at this time, is that of the most commonly required File Redirection Fixup (FRF). All the supported files needed for the FRF fixup should be placed in the same folder alongside the JSON file. The tool will pick up all supported files from the folder based on the path provided for the JSON file.
Only a limited set of package and app declarations (also referred to as extensions) are supported. Considering IT Pros use cases, we chose to support those declarations which are applicable to packaging Win32 apps.
Digital signing requires a PFX certificate file.
Tracing an app monitors all the actions of the app due to which you may notice some latency while launching the app and while tracing.
Anticipated Enhancements
Some enhancements planned for the future releases of MSIX Editor:
Enable editing for all the views under Application Properties.
Capability to edit the appxmanifest.xml file.
Support more signing options. Example: Certificate store etc.
Support all the out of box fixups in Package Support Framework.
Make recommendations for fixups to fix the identified run-times issues on tracing.
Flexibility to define the level of monitoring and logging to reduce latency while tracing.
Optimize to reduce the package load time in the editor.
We would love to hear feedback from you and help us drive the tool in the direction which meets your needs. Please use the comment section below to provide your feedback or please send a direct message to schedule a one on one session where we can have a conversation about your feedback.
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Nov 02, 2020
03:14 AM
Hello @Florian321
In case you haven't got the recording already, here is the link to the recording on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHRsCSASiF0&t=576s
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Oct 22, 2020
12:13 PM
1 Kudo
Hello @Florian321
The recording of the roundtable discussion will be sent in an email to all the registered users shortly.
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Oct 15, 2020
04:20 AM
Hi @SonnyLee
Section 1.4.2 of the installation guide gives clear instructions on silent installation. It appears there is a batch file (.cmd) provided by the vendor for silent installation. They will have to run the batch file with administrator privileges. They will have to make sure they have admin access on the machine, the machine has internet and the batch file is not tampered. Beyond this, if the silent installation still fails, as instructed by the vendor in the highlighted point, I would recommend have them reach out to the vendor along with installation logs, if any, for further troubleshooting.
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