Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Shruthi Achutha

Neil Adam Jacobson

Adam Brady Anderson

Meera Jindal

Nikolaos Dalalelis

Hamid Palo

A system for providing virtual applications from a remote based system based on native applications. A front end is configured to receive applications. A sequencer is configured to receive the applications from the front end and sequence the applications into virtual applications streamable to clients by the front end. This includes at least: sequencing a particular application of the received applications into a virtual application using a virtual machine; subsequent to sequencing the particular application, marking the virtual machine in a manner that causes the virtual machine to be reimaged prior to being used to sequence an additional application; and based on the marking, causing the virtual machine to be reimaged.

Systems and methods for using virtual machines to sequence native applications into virtual packages and for reimaging virtual machines

The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for managing applications in non-cooperative environments. Embodiments of the invention provide the ability to manage non-cooperative applications and operating systems. For example, applications and operating systems at a user's (e.g., an information worker's) personal device (e.g., smartphone) can be appropriately managed to provide more secure access to a corporate IT infrastructure. An IT worker can programmatically repackage an application, deploy it to a user's personal device, and manage the user's ability to use the application through policy.

Managing applications in non-cooperative environments

The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for configuring applications and policies in non-cooperative environments. Embodiments of the invention provide the ability to configure non-cooperative applications and operating systems to comply with a policy. For example, applications and operating systems at a user's (e.g., an information worker's) personal device (e.g., smartphone) can be appropriately configured to provide more secure access to a corporate IT infrastructure. An IT worker can programmatically repackage an application to comply with a policy, deploy it to a user's personal device, and adjust the application's behavior during execution to comply with the policy. Adjusted behavior can include injecting custom user interfaces into an application to support various scenarios. Injecting a custom user interface can be facilitated by tracking visual context for an application across one or more displays and switching between the application's visual context and the custom user interface.

Configuring applications and policies in non-cooperative environments

Providing virtual applications from a remote based system based on native applications. A method includes, at a remote based system, receiving a native application from an on-premises system remote from the remote based system. The method further includes at the remote based system, sequencing the native application into a virtual application. The method further includes providing the virtual application to a system different than the remote based system.

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