Has anyone out there figured out how to set up private windows stores for easier deployment so that we don't have to do power shell scripts or remote debugging?
There will be a business store for Windows 10 integrated in the public store. You will be able to use it as a business customer in the future.
Right now it's not available yet. See screenshot.
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I have an MSI installer to submit it in the Partner Center or Microsoft store. I converted my MSI installer into MSIX package format using the MSIX packaging tool.
I had already an idea of how to publish my app in the MS store using this reference: https://www.advancedinstaller.com/msix-publish-microsoft-store.html
However, there's a question that comes to my mind. Once I published my application in the MS store and
What if I have new updates in my app, what are the steps how to do that?
I did some research most of the results have something to do with source code.
My preferred approach is to update the app without coding configurations.
The submission process is managed through the Microsoft Partner Center dashboard, which is a web portal that allows developers to publish applications, and manage the updates of the application to allow keeping the app up to date automatically.
Once you submit updates to a published application, the updated packages will be available on average about two hours after submission (though this can sometimes take longer, especially with larger packages). Price, screenshot, or description changes take on average 16 hours to go live. Customers will receive the updated package the next time their device looks for updates, if (automatic app updates) are turned on,
or when they trigger the update by proceeding to the Windows Store and choosing (Check for updates) on the downloads. By default, automatic updates are turned on in the Microsoft Store, so users will always use the latest version of your application.
References:
MSIX Auto Updates https://www.advancedinstaller.com/msix-auto-updates.html
Update a public app https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2016/05/13/publish-or-update-a-public-app-dev-center-tip-1/
Mandatory updates https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/packaging/self-install-package-updates#mandatory-package-updates
Upload app packages https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/publish/upload-app-packages
I recently discovered Power BI as part of our Office 365 subscription so am very new to it.
We have a MySQL database with about 5 million rows in AWS. I want to add this as a data source to our Office 365/Power BI service.
How to do this?
I see there is no content pack service that allows me to do this.
According to this SO question and answer, there is no direct way to do this: How to connect POWER BI web with AW mysql database?.
I also looked at using a Power BI Gateway to achieve this. There are two types: Personal and On-Premises. We don't have any Windows Servers, so this leaves the Personal option: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-personal-gateway/
For Personal, the documentation at that link says "A personal gateway is not required in order to refresh datasets that get data only from an online data source" which is a little confusing given that this seems to be the only option for connecting to my online data source (maybe this document meant to say "from a supported online data source"?). It seems that I install this on a local machine in our office, connect to my AWS MySQL database, query/model on my desktop, then upload my results to our Power BI Service for the rest of our company to access. I schedule refreshes using the Personal Gateway. Is this correct? I hope this does not involve the transfer of millions of rows to/from desktop and/or Power BI Service?
p.s. I also considered developing something similar to the content packs that are provided for GitHub, Google Analytics, MailChimp, etc but there doesn't seem to be a "private" way to do these. Doing it this way seems to involve becoming a Certified Azure Developer (even though there is no Azure in this problem) and then making the solution public (which I obviously don't want to do): https://azure.microsoft.com/marketplace/programs/certified/apply/. If there is a way to develop my own "private" solution without the certification and publication process, I would consider that.
I would tackle this through Power BI Desktop. You will need a windows machine to install this on, and it will need the MySQL Connectors installed, ref:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/32746679/1787137
Then I would develop and publish your queries, datasets and reports using PBI Desktop.
Finally I would configure PBI Personal Gateway to schedule refresh of the published report datasets.
5m rows is not trivial but quite possible in this scenario. You will likely only need a selection of your tables and columns, that have analytical value.
I want to add application from Windows store to our system(sccm) via link( Dont know is there any other way). Is it possible if yes how?
Thanks
With SCCM 2012 SP1, this indeed is possible.
In your SCCM console, Application Management / Applications, create a new app, based on the Windows Store.
You do need one reference machine where you installed the apps from the store manually, then you 'import' that into SCCM and reference it.
That should get you going :)
I have a script-heavy Access db that I recently sent out to the end-users for bug testing. The scripts mainly read data, add/update/remove from internal tables, and interact with a shared drive.
They came back immediately with a report that the most important part can't run due to a missing/broken reference to 'msado15.dll' version 6.1 (aka Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 6.1 Library). This brings 2 questions:
Why would this library exist on my machine but not on theirs? As far as I know, all our machines had the same standard Office install package. Is it because I have SQL Server and they don't?
I think I've found an alternative, msado28.tlb (aka Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.8 Library), which seems to work just as well, but I haven't tested on the user's machines. Is this a good substitute?
Do you need the library in the distributed version? You could use late binding:
Dim rs As Object
Set rs = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
It is usually easiest to develop with early binding and distribute with late binding.
I am using Access2000 and Developer Tools, JRO for internet synch, RepMan 4, and was using Win Server 2003 (dedicated server). Just upgraded to Win Server 2008 and have been trying to get Internet synch operational, but with no luck. Here's my problem: I see that MS is urging/forcing subscriptions to SharePoint2010 for internet synchs, however I am not sure that their new platform is as useful to me as their old. Each company I distribute to will run a runtime version of my access application at multiple locations(could be 1 location per company, could be 100). They need to be able to direct synch within each location via LAN (anywhere from 2 to 20 computers). They do not always have an Internet connection (they are at sea), and when they do, it's by satellite and transmission costs are high. And so occasionally they will connect with one computer and perform Internet Replication to send data to home office(could be daily, weekly, or monthly). My current means of synching via JRO is very simple. After attaining an Internet connection, just open a form and either click the synch LAN button or the synch Internet button. Also, by not utilizing automatic synchs, we avoid corrupting other replicas when one is bad or a user has deleted massive amounts of data inadvertently (since deletes always win).
I feel that eventually I will have to update to Access2010 just to keep abreast on new developments in MS (i.e. new .PDF reports instead of .SNP). I recently purchased Office 2010 Pro in order to begin looking into this, but of course this will take some time to work thru.
Here are my questions:
Will SharePoint2010 allow for only one subscription per remote location to handle synchronization back to main office, or would every replica that performs a direct synch at the remote office be required to maintain a Sharepoint2010 subscription?
Can I still use JRO to complete direct synchs among replicas at a remote location and within the home office, and therefore only use Sharepoint 2010 to pass those updates via Internet to the home office.
Will Sharepoint 2010 Enterprise allow me to host multiple company databases in one central account (similar to RepMan4), or must I set up a separate account for each of my customers? If so, do I need to purchase a copy of Sharepoint 2010 for each of these customers?
Will Sharepoint 2010 handle basic data replication and/or design updates in a similar manner to my current set-up? Will I be able to utilize my custom conflict manager?
Also- do you have any info whether Internet synchronizations are indeed capable utilizing Access2000 viaIIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 with RepMan4? I have not found anyone who has accomplished this – latest suggestion is that maybe IIS needs to be run in a 32-bit environment in order to open the synchronizer, but I have not yet tried this.
My company makes a product called [EQL OnWeb - link deleted] which is designed for exactly your use case. It works with getting Access 2000 databases on the web without rewriting them first, and there's a free trial so you can see if you like it.
I won't comment in detail on SharePoint 2010 because clearly I'm biased... but I like our product better :)