Navigate to guides and launch custom apps from a step

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10/27/2023

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Business value

Authors can use the action link of a step to launch other guides or custom apps and create more seamless experiences. For example, connect a sequence of guides, launch a page of the Settings app, or launch a custom app that has been installed on the device.

Feature details

Authors can configure an action link with a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that gets recognized by HoloLens. A URI is a string of characters that identifies a name or location of a resource. It can be a web address that starts with http: or https: or it can be a custom URI scheme that launches an app or performs a certain action on the device, such as a mailto: link to open an email, or an ms-guide: link to open a specific guide or step. When the operator activates the link, HoloLens opens the corresponding app or web page.

Linking to guides and steps

To link to a guide or step, the author can generate a link through the PC app as described in Create and copy a link to a guide or step in Dynamics 365 Guides. A Guides link is a URI that begins with ms-guides:. Paste this URI into the action link panel in the PC authoring app.

Opening settings pages

Authors can specify URIs to launch specific pages of the Settings app, giving operators convenient access to commonly used settings:

ms-settings:bluetooth for quick access to Bluetooth settings
ms-settings:network-wifi for quick access to network Wi-Fi settings
ms-settings:holograms for quick access to hologram settings

Administrators can apply policies to restrict Settings URIs that open the settings pages.

Launching custom apps

If a custom app has been registered as the default handler for a URI as described in Handle URI activation, an author can launch that app by specifying a URI in the format expected by the app. Apps can be launched in kiosk mode. Administrators can use WDAC and Windows PowerShell to allow or block apps on HoloLens 2 devices with Microsoft Intune.

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