APPLICATION MANAGEMENT IN ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENTS USING CLOUD-BASED APPLICATION RECIPES

摘要

A cloud-based system is described for producing application deltas based on application recipes that identify components of the application deltas using unique identifiers, without the recipe containing all or any content of the actual application. The application recipe can be conveyed to an organization operating on an enterprise network, where the application recipe can be matched with application files in the organization's backup storage containing copies of content of endpoint devices on the network to retrieve components identified by the recipe and produce the application delta for the application. Subsequently, the application delta can be used as an installation package to perform IT operations such as installing the application on endpoint devices.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving an application recipe for producing an application delta, the application recipe comprising information that uniquely identifies one or more components of the application delta without containing the contents of the one or more components, wherein the one or more components correspond to changes produced on a computing device by an installation of a corresponding application such that merging the application delta onto a computing device installs the corresponding application without requiring execution of an installer; accessing a central storage including a backup database for storing copies of content of each of a plurality of endpoint devices that are backed up to the central storage; determining, based on the information in the application recipe that uniquely identifies the one or more components, whether each of the one or more components is available in the central storage including the backup database; and producing the application delta by retrieving the one or more components from the central storage including the backup database.