June 3 - 6, 2024

March 10 - 13, 2024

World- Schedule

Presented by TMurgent Technologies

Status:       COMMITTED      SEATS AVAILABLE

World-wide daily class schedule for 8-day

 

This class is widely considered to be the ultimate place to learn about MSIX Packaging, and will be delivered remotely, allowing you to train from work or home without travel.

Book With Confidence / No Cancelation Policy: Whenever a single student is registered and confirmed for a class, we will not cancel the class. Period.

 

The course is designed for people with a general background in IT and/or Packaging. We take students with or without prior experience in App-V.

There are no hard pre-requisites to be able to take the class, however, the following are helpful:

• Knowledge and experience with general Microsoft Server Administration.
• Knowledge and experience with SQL Server Administration.
• Experience with other "packaging" techniques helpful.
• Experience with App-V Administration and Sequencing.

• Each student will require two Windows VMs.
• Our pre-class prep kit will provide detailed written instructions, a video introduction to building the VMs, and installers for the tools needed.
• Any type of hypervisor may be used, but the student must have access to create and revert to "snapshots".
• You will need additional storage on a share for the application installers and created packages.
• It is highly recommended that students have two monitors, microphone, video camera, and earphones.

Syllabus

IT Pro Masters Packaging for MSIX

A 4-day (in-person) or 8 half-days (when remote-only) hands-on class where you will learn the concepts, techniques, and latest tricks to be successful and packaging and configuring applications for delivery within the Enterprise using Microsoft MSIX. Whether you use modern or traditional application delivery methods, the applications your company depends on must be customized, and in many cases remediated to work in today’s desktops. MSIX is the future for new applications, and while not all traditional applications will work in the MSIX container, this class will give you the ability to get the most application compatibility possible today. Syllabus 1. Concepts of Packaging Principals and rules of Packaging Filter Drivers, Function hooking, and Dll Injection MSIX technology overview Principals of Redirection and Copy-on-Write Anatomy of an installer package and the Windows API 2. Overview of Delivery Options Including Configuration Manager, Intune, App Attach, PowerShell, and 3rd Party Managers. 3. Fundamentals of the MSIX Package Format and Runtime 4. Setting up VMs for Packaging and Testing Setting up a MSIX Capture Station Setting up a “Smoke Test” Station 5. Packaging with MSIX Hands-on Labs covering Best Practices, VFS techniques, Modification Packages, Plug-Ins, AppInstaller updates, Shared Package Containers, the PSF Fixes, and package scripts. You will be using the Microsoft MSIX Packaging Tool, PsfTooling, and TMEditX. PowerShell for MSIX Using MSX Packaging Tool The 7 fixups available from the PSF Using PsfTooling Using TMEditX Using other Third-party tools for MSIX Automation MSIX App Attach, VHD/X and CIM 6. Debugging Techniques for MSIX and apps in general 7. Conversion from App-V to MSIX

 

Registration:

Classes run 4 hours daily. Anticipated schedule is shown below, however course schedule varies significantly based on the needs of the students.

Week 1

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Concepts + Introduction to MSIX	Packaging Labs Part 1	Concepts Windows/Apps  Packaging Labs Part 2	Debugging Windows & Apps

Week 2

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Packaging Labs Part 3	Packaging Labs Part 4	Packaging Labs Part 5	Debugging Applications

 

The three major portions of the class are:

• Concepts: Provides an in-depth understanding of the underlying concepts of Packaging, especially for Application Virtualization and MSIX. We also cover the "Windows API", from the prospective of the IT Pro - helping you to understand how the app intends to integrate with the OS and the End-User.  With this core knowledge in place, you are now ready to learn the packaging techniques.
• MSIX Packaging: The other heart of the class. Demonstration of "best practice" techniques and techniques to package in MSIX and Psf, and issues to look out for and alternatives to consider.
• Debugging Skills. Provides a leveling-up in your ability to understand how Microsoft Windows and Applications interact, and practical use of the many tools available to debug broken applications and systems.