Windows Apportals https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/windows_apportals/feed.xml Built on top of Windows 8, Apportals organize and reveal data and apps needed for a specific role or task. This breakthrough functionality enables users to search less and solve more. Wed, 17 Apr 2019 03:27:13 GMT en-US hourly 1 App-to-App Communications in Windows 10-By Suresh Pokkuluri https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/windows_apportals/app-to-app-communications-in-windows-10-by-suresh-pokkuluri Fri, 14 Aug 2015 11:30:26 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/windows_apportals/2015/08/14/app-to-app-communications-in-windows-10-by-suresh-pokkuluri/ Windows 10 introduces several enhancements for app-to-app communications.

This white paper explains different methods that are available in the Windows 10 Universal Windows Platform (UWP) to communicate between two apps, including:

  • Invoking a specific app
  • Sending a file token and data
  • Query URI support
  • Launch for results
  • Shared storage
  • App Services

App-to-App Communications in Windows 10-by Suresh Pokkuluri.pdf

]]> Windows Apportal Instrumentation and Telemetry-by Tom Tran, Inviso Corp. https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/windows_apportals/windows-apportal-instrumentation-and-telemetry-by-tom-tran-inviso-corp Mon, 04 May 2015 12:40:45 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/windows_apportals/2015/05/04/windows-apportal-instrumentation-and-telemetry-by-tom-tran-inviso-corp/ Applications typically include diagnostics codes that generate custom monitoring and debugging information, especially when an error occurs. This is referred to as instrumentation. The process of capturing, gathering remote information that is generated by instrumentation is referred to as telemetry.

Apportal Instrumentation and Telemetry-by Tom Tran.pdf

]]> White Paper-Cross-Platform Consideration for Windows Apportals-By Mitch Cappelmann-Bloom Consulting https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/windows_apportals/white-paper-cross-platform-consideration-for-windows-apportals-by-mitch-cappelmann-bloom-consulting Tue, 21 Apr 2015 09:17:10 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/windows_apportals/2015/04/21/white-paper-cross-platform-consideration-for-windows-apportals-by-mitch-cappelmann-bloom-consulting/ Today, public sector and commercial sector security professionals are struggling with consolidating information in a meaningful way for their executives, channel partners, employees, and customers.  Employees must learn how to use multiple applications, tools, reports, and systems. Then they must toggle between them throughout the day to get the information that they need extracted and packaged up for stakeholders. All of this results in very low productivity and high frustration.  In addition, employees are moving between laptops, mobile phones, and tablets continuously.   More than eighty percent of mobile users are viewing information through Apps because viewing information on a device via a Web browser is a very poor experience. The future of great experiences in the Enterprise will be viewing enterprise information through Windows-based Apps.

Bloom WhitePaper_Cross-Platform Consideration for Windows Apportals.pdf

]]> Apportal Technical Corner-Errors when using “NavigateUri” https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/windows_apportals/apportal-technical-corner-errors-when-using-navigateuri Thu, 16 Apr 2015 11:07:23 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/windows_apportals/2015/04/16/apportal-technical-corner-errors-when-using-navigateuri/  

From our Partner team... any assistance would be great.  Thanks, Mike

I’m using The Apportal Implementation Guide
(15458_Apportal_OverviewGuide_r2t8_mg.pdf) and following the instructions for
“Creating a Custom Apportal.”

 

I’m getting errors in particular when using “NavigateUri” on
the App Protocols that start with “ms-“ – from page 179:


 

When clicking ANY of the links that start with “ms-“ I get
the following error:



  

Outlook opens correctly (it is using webcals:///)

OneNote also opens (it is using onenote:///),
but it produces a security error:

 

I have tried searching with Bing to see if I could find
anything that might have changed or anyone else that has encountered this
issue.

I do have all of these programs installed on my
machine.

I have also tested this on another machine.

 

Has something changed that is preventing the current version
of the Apportal guide from having the correct commands?

]]> Bi-Directional Protocol Activation-By Jeff Scherrer-Inviso Corp https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/windows_apportals/bi-directional-protocol-activation-by-jeff-scherrer-inviso-corp Wed, 08 Apr 2015 15:25:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/windows_apportals/2015/04/08/bi-directional-protocol-activation-by-jeff-scherrer-inviso-corp/ Bi-directional protocol activation is no different than protocol activation. It uses the same techniques, with one extra feature, a redirect URL. The redirect URL is responsible for activating the next step in an app-to-app workflow scenario. When the user is done with a task in one app, it would return the user to another protocol activated app (maybe the originator), and provide a contextual experience representing the completion of the task.

Bi-Directional Protocol Activation.pdf

]]> Windows Apportal Prototype Viewer has been released to the Windows Store https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/windows_apportals/windows-apportal-prototype-viewer-has-been-released-to-the-windows-store Wed, 26 Nov 2014 08:32:57 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/windows_apportals/2014/11/26/windows-apportal-prototype-viewer-has-been-released-to-the-windows-store/ A new Windows Apportal Prototype Viewer has been released to the Windows Store, listed under the Business Category Section here: Windows Apportal Prototype Viewer. check it out!

]]> Windows Protocol Activation-By Jeff Scherrer, Inviso Corporation https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/windows_apportals/windows-protocol-activation-by-jeff-scherrer-inviso-corporation Fri, 21 Nov 2014 12:18:52 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/windows_apportals/2014/11/21/windows-protocol-activation-by-jeff-scherrer-inviso-corporation/ Protocol activation allows applications to be launched/deep-linked to, using a text-based URL. The URL is a key that identifies an area in an application or an action that occurs in an application. Read the attached Windows 8.1 Protocol Activation document for more information. 

Windows 8.1 Protocol Activation-v.01.pdf

]]> Welcome to the Windows Apportal Blog! https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/windows_apportals/welcome-to-the-windows-apportal-blog Fri, 21 Nov 2014 11:02:46 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/windows_apportals/2014/11/21/welcome-to-the-windows-apportal-blog/ My name is Mike Marchand. I work in the US Central Marketing Organization and am on a team responsible for creating Windows Apportals, a Windows 8.1 app that can integrate your entire Line of Business (LOB) stack into a single, modern, touch-based experience. The concept behind Apportals is simple – introduce the same nested folder structure common in a desktop OS to the modern mobile OS. The result is a UI experience that allows the user to drill from the Start screen (composed of Live Tiles) to another mini-Start screen (composed of Grid Tiles). And best of all, because an Apportal is built out of the OS, everything that runs on Windows runs in a Windows Apportal, including Desktop Windows 7 Applications; Modern Windows 8 Apps; and Web Applications.

Windows Apportals are a feature of Windows 8.1, you can build one on your own, or you can work with a Microsoft advisor or certified partner to create one for your organization. With the Windows Apportal blog, the idea is to showcase and share technical documentation including whitepapers, tips and tricks for those of you trying to build your own Windows Apportal. Please note this blog isn’t a technical support blog. If you are having specific technical issues or need help getting started, please refer to Get Started and submit a request for assistance.

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