Join Flexera for our latest Application Packaging Experts Roundtable Series
In our AdminStudio Application Packaging Experts Roundtable Series, our TechOps team answers your most pressing questions for all things Application Packaging. This series of virtual roundtables will feature various packaging experts ready to help you conquer your toughest application challenges.
Topics may include, but are not limited to:
- Automation
- MSIX
- Application virtualization
- Wrapping and scripting
- Tips around process and package quality
- Silent command line parameters
- Windows compatibility testing
- Answering AdminStudio product questions
Sign up today and learn how to better leverage powerful application packaging software and modernize your IT infrastructure.
Do you have a general or a specific question around Application Packaging? If so, our panel will be on hand to answer through our community.
If you have questions about AdminStudio, this team is obviously equipped to deliver, but the topic doesn’t need to be product related. Come join our team of experts for a conversation that will last up to one hour based on the topics you bring to the table.
Bob Kelly
Director, Product Management
Author, founder of IT Ninja, 20+ Years in the Application Packaging Industry
Kiran Mantagi
Sr. Technical Product Manager
11+ years of experience in Application Packaging and AdminStudio
Mike O'Connor
Sr. Solution Engineer
12+ years of Application Packaging with AdminStudio knowledge
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Watch the recordings of previous sessions
AppDeployNews: A Packaging Conversation – March 14, 2023
In this session, Ronald Vonk of SparkleFlow and AppDeployNews joins the roundtable to discuss a variety of packaging topics. An overview of the new AppDeployNews.com website is provided, and articles from the site are used as talking points to drive the discussion. Topics include package research, the future of packaging, MSIX adoption, MSIX errors, and troubleshooting.
Identifying and Managing the Unmanaged – January 10, 2023
In this session, our speakers discuss the challenges around handling unmanaged applications and how AdminStudio’s backlog feature can play a role. A demo of Flexera’s IT Visibility solution and its AdminStudio integration is provided as a real-world example of how to leverage asset data and your application catalog to identify and address unmanaged applications in your environment.
Notes from the Field: Creative Solutions to App Challenges – November 1, 2022
In this session, the team discuss many common problems faced by organizations and the solutions that have, and have not, worked in addressing them. Topics include managing updates, staying secure, setting your team up for success, doing more with less, and more.
Five Commonly Asked Questions by IT Pro's – August 9, 2022
In this session, our speakers discuss common questions from customers around the topic of packaging including, what is the best way to prepare/customize a package for deployment, what is the best way to test a package before deployment, is it the right time to start migration to MSIX, is automation possible for packaging, and is repackaging on decline.
Managed Applications – May 17, 2022
In this session the team discusses the concept of managed and unmanaged applications; how to assess coverage and the need to get applications under management or remove them. Also included are tips on handling the silent removal of applications not to be managed.
Intune and ConfigMan Application Models – Mar 8, 2022
For those co-managing or migrating between ConfigMan and Intune, it is valuable to understand application models of each. In this session, we’ll discuss the various metadata that can be associated with applications in these management systems and how such can impact the behavior of your deployments.
Package Quality – January 18, 2022
The team discusses items you may wish to watch out for and/or address when preparing packages for deployment. AdminStudio’s approach is used as a backdrop to the conversation, but the details regarding the issues themselves are universally applicable.
The PowerShell App Deploy Toolkit – October 26, 2021
In this session, we are joined by the team behind the PowerShell App Deploy Toolkit (PSADT) to discuss its capabilities, origin, and plans for the future.
MSIX Update Discussion – August 17, 2021
Tim Mangan (Author, Teacher, Consultant) joins the roundtable to discuss MSIX. We discuss plans and predictions as well as some new announcements.
ConfigMan: Application vs. Package Model – June 8, 2021
Sumit Singh (MEM specialist) joins the roundtable to discuss Microsoft Configuration Manager and Intune, focusing on the differences and benefits associated with the package and application models for handling software deployments in ConfigMan.
Package Testing – February 9, 2021
In this session, we discuss package testing—what, when, where, and how. Generally speaking and then in the second half, focusing on the role AdminStudio can play in testing.
Package Automation – November 10, 2020
A discussion on automation begins with why you may wish to automate packaging operations and why you might not want to take advantage of automation in different situations.
MSIX Update – October 20, 2020
By popular demand, we delivered another session focusing on the new MSIX packaging format. Starting with a quick overview of the benefits, we dive into the contents of an MSIX package and the XML manifest.
Wrapping versus Repackaging – April 16, 2020
Wrapping versus repackaging. Audio only.
Windows as a Service – April 9, 2020
We talk about Windows 10 and how releases had shifted to 6-month releases, feature updates, and quality updates. We also cover proactive versus reactive application compatibility testing. Questions addressed include topics like MSIX and Repackaging. Audio only.
Initial Session: MSIX – April 2, 2020
A discussion on the state of MSIX, including AppAttach and Windows 10X (which would later be rebranded Windows 11). Audio only.