Abstract: A method for performing an application upgrade includes: performing an emulation to generate an application upgrade strategy for applying a plurality of application upgrades on a client device; determining a user behavior of a user of the client device; generating an application upgrade summary list using the application upgrade strategy and the user behavior; providing the application upgrade summary list to the user of the client device; and after the providing, initiating upgrading of the client device using a reordered application upgrade strategy generated in response to feedback from the user, in which the reordered application upgrade strategy is generated based on the application upgrade strategy and the user behavior.

Abstract: A method for managing an application upgrade includes: obtaining metadata of a client device from a production host (PH) client device twin; executing, using the metadata, an emulation to generate an application upgrade strategy for applying a plurality of application upgrades; setting, using the metadata, a first entry in a PH required properties file; transferring the application upgrade strategy and the first entry from the PH client device twin to a client environment (CE) client device twin; storing, the application upgrade strategy and the first entry in a CE required properties file; initiating the plurality of application upgrades based on the application upgrade strategy and the first entry; setting a second entry in a CE reported properties file; transferring the second entry from the CE client device twin to the PH client device twin; and verifying a status of the plurality of application upgrades using the second entry.