Pre-Requisites:

• On the capturing VM, App Volumes Tools need to be installed
• Before capturing the new teams application, download the below mentioned files on the capturing VM:
  • Download the new Teams for work or school from the link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-ie/microsoft-teams/download-app
  • Download msixmgr from this link: https://aka.ms/msixmgr

Open Disk Management in the capture VM and follow the below steps to create a .vhd disk:

1. Click on Action and select 'Create VHD'.

2. In the location path, give the path to store the .vhd disk on the capture VM.

3. Confirm the settings as per the screenshot below:

   

4. Right click on the new disk and initialize it.

5. Create a new simple volume and assign a drive letter. (Follow the default options)

Run the below command using admin CMD:
msixmgr.exe -Unpack -packagePath "<path of MSTeams-x64.msix>" -destination "<DriveLetter>\apps" -applyacls
 
Dir <DriveLetter>\apps
 
Copy the folder name as shown below and paste it in a notepad for later use:



Run the DISKPART on the elevated Command prompt and set the attribute of the VHD disk to NODEFAULTDRIVELETTER:

 
Once the DISKPART task is complete, restart the capture VM.
 
After rebooting the VM, open the elevated Command Prompt and change directory to C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\AppCapture
 
Run the below command:
appcapture.exe /addmeta "c:\CaptureVHD\Team_2.0.vhd" /msix apps\MSTeams_24004.1309.2689.2246_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe

Note: There is a space in the above command after /msix
 
A successful output will be seen as below:

Once, the .vhd is ready, convert the .vhd file to a .vmdk format using the below command:
Appcapture.exe /msixvmdk "c:\Capture\Team_2.0.vhd"
 
The .vmdk file should be created in the capture folder:

Copy the Teams_2.0.json and Teams_2.0.vmdk files to the app volume server under the location:
<installation_directory>\CloudVolumes\Manager\ppv\packages
 
Note: If the packages folder doesn't exists then create it.

Rename the Teams_2.0.vmdk to Team_2.0_workstation.vmdk
 
Login to the app volume manager and upload the Teams_2.0 package to the vCenter's datastore:
Go to Configuration -> Storage -> Upload Templates
 
There should be a new filename called "Teams_2.0_workstation.vmdk"

Select the "Teams_2.0_workstation.vmdk" and upload it to the datastore.
 
The Teams 2.0 package should appear in the datastore as shown below:


Import the "Teams_2.0" package in the app volumes manager if it doesn't appear.