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Jason_Sandys or anyone else authoritative on this matter.
Either I'm misunderstanding something or there is intentional misrepresentation of language going on.
The notion that the new Intune/Endpoint Manager integration is "winget" seems misleading.
If I open powershell and run a winget search for a Dell package I get;
PS C:\> winget search --name "Dell Command | Update"
Name Id Version Source
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Dell Command | Update Dell.CommandUpdate 4.6.0 winget
Dell Command | Update for Windows Universal Dell.CommandUpdate.Universal 4.8.0 winget
Note that the source is "winget" NOT msstore. Therefore these simply don't show up in Intune/Endpoint Manager if you try to search.
But those are the actual worthwhile applications people need. They, from what I can tell, are published by Dell and up to date!
PS C:\> winget show --id Dell.CommandUpdate.Universal
Found Dell Command | Update for Windows Universal [Dell.CommandUpdate.Universal]
Version: 4.8.0
Publisher: Dell Inc.
Publisher Url: https://www.dell.com/en-us
Publisher Support Url: https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us
Author: Dell Inc.
Moniker: dellcommandupdate-universal
Description: Dell Command Update is a stand-alone application for client systems, that provides updates for system software that is released by Dell. This application simplifies the BIOS, firmware, driver, and application update experience for Dell client hardware.
License: Proprietary
License Url: https://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/uscorp1/terms-conditions/art-software-license-agreements
Privacy Url: https://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/uscorp1/policies-privacy
Copyright: Copyright (C) Dell Inc. 2023. All rights reserved.
Tags:
dell
update
inspiron
vostro
xps
latitude
alienware
Installer:
Installer Type: exe
Installer Url: https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER09523714M/1/Dell-Command-Update-Windows-Universal-Application_6GMR6_WIN_4.8.0_A00.EXE
Installer SHA256: 679f5f62984bbbafd9ae85efc468ff89e95a0afa18c8c73cb0d9f82a183b2d94Another example as mentioned by a user above would be something like 7-zip, and in this case the results are even worse IMO.
PS C:\Users\domainadmin> winget search --name "7-zip"
Name Id Version Source
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7-Zip for Windows XPDNKVCX4QD2DC Unknown msstore
7-Zip File Manager (Unofficial) 9MZ81RMK8JFD Unknown msstore
7-Zip 7zip.7zip 22.01 winget
7-Zip ZS mcmilk.7zip-zstd 22.01 ZS v1.5.2 R1 winget
7-Zip Alpha (msi) 7zip.7zip.Alpha.msi 21.03.00.0 winget
7-Zip Alpha (exe) 7zip.7zip.Alpha.exe 21.04 beta wingetSo as you can see in this case there are "msstore" and "winget" sources. The ones with "msstore" will show up in Intune/Endpoint Manager but not the winget ones. Why is this a BAD thing? Well lets look at the 2 msstore entries.
PS C:\> winget show --id XPDNKVCX4QD2DC
Found 7-Zip for Windows [XPDNKVCX4QD2DC]
Version: Unknown
Publisher: Zeeis
Publisher Url: https://www.7-zip.org/
Publisher Support Url: http://email address removed for privacy reasons/
Description:
7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.
Supported formats:
Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM
Unpacking only: AR, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DMG, EXT, FAT, GPT, HFS, IHEX, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, QCOW2, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, UEFI, VDI, VHD, VHDX, VMDK, WIM, XAR and Z.
7-Zip works in Windows 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP / 2019 / 2016 / 2012 / 2008 / 2003 / 2000.
Compression ratio results are very dependent upon the data used for the tests. Usually, 7-Zip compresses to 7z format 30-70% better than to zip format. And 7-Zip compresses to zip format 2-10% better than most of other zip compatible programs.
License: 7-Zip is free software with open source. The most of the code is under the GNU LGPL license. Some parts of the code are under the BSD 3-clause License. Also there is unRAR license restriction for some parts of the code. Read 7-Zip License information.
Copyright: ms-windows-store://pdp/?ProductId=XPDNKVCX4QD2DC
Tags:
7-Zip
7zip
7 Zip
7z
zip
winzip
winrar
Agreements:
Category: Utilities & tools
Pricing: Free
Free Trial: No
Terms of Transaction: https://aka.ms/microsoft-store-terms-of-transaction
Seizure Warning: https://aka.ms/microsoft-store-seizure-warning
Store License Terms: https://aka.ms/microsoft-store-license
Installer:
Installer Type: exe
Installer Locale: en-us
Installer Url: https://www.7-zip.org/a/7z2107-x64.exe
Installer SHA256: 0b461f0a0eccfc4f39733a80d70fd1210fdd69f600fb6b657e03940a734e5fc1
PS C:\> winget show --id 9MZ81RMK8JFD
Found 7-Zip File Manager (Unofficial) [9MZ81RMK8JFD]
Version: Unknown
Publisher: Hauke Hasselberg
Publisher Url: https://www.7-zip.org/
Publisher Support Url: https://store.weatherlights.com/
Description:
I strongly advise to switch to NanaZip who maintain a very decent fork of 7-Zip. For now I will continue the maintenance of this release but with nanazip available this version does not offer any significant value anymore.
7-Zip allows you to compress and package your files into many different formats like zip, 7z or rar.
This is an inofficial portation of 7-Zip for the Windows Store. It is not supported by the original developer.
Why am I doing this? I do not intend to earn money with this. I basically want to use 7-Zip on my Windows 10 S-Mode device. I only maintain this release as long as there is no official release. 7-Zip is developed by Igor Pavlov who I want to credit for his great work.
License: ms-windows-store://pdp/?ProductId=9MZ81RMK8JFD
Privacy Url: https://storeprivacypolicy.azurewebsites.net/generic/Privacy_en.html
Copyright: Published under the LGPL License. If you want to receive a copy of the source code please contact email address removed for privacy reasons
Agreements:
Category: Utilities & tools
Pricing: Free
Free Trial: No
Terms of Transaction: https://aka.ms/microsoft-store-terms-of-transaction
Seizure Warning: https://aka.ms/microsoft-store-seizure-warning
Store License Terms: https://aka.ms/microsoft-store-license
Installer:
Installer Type: msstore
Store Product Id: 9MZ81RMK8JFDNothing against either of these individuals, but 1 is published by some 3rd party called "Zeeis" who have NO affiliation with 7-zip software. The other is published by just a guy named Hauke Hasselberg who packages 7-zip up to be published on the Microsoft store for personal use on his S mode windows devices. Again, no affiliaton with 7-zip or its team. Just some random people in a community repo publishing software they don't maintain or work with to a supposed "trusted store".
The insulting this here is that then if we look at the winget package we see it's published by the official developer Igor Pavlov;
PS C:\> winget show --id 7zip.7zip
Found 7-Zip [7zip.7zip]
Version: 22.01
Publisher: Igor Pavlov
Publisher Url: https://www.7-zip.org
Publisher Support Url: https://www.7-zip.org/support.html
Author: Igor Pavlov
Moniker: 7zip
Description: Free and open source file archiver with a high compression ratio.
Homepage: https://www.7-zip.org
License: GNU LGPL
License Url: https://www.7-zip.org/license.txt
Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2021 Igor Pavlov.
Copyright Url: https://www.7-zip.org/license.txt
Release Notes:
- UDF support was improved to UDF version 2.60.
- HFS and APFS support was improved.
Release Notes Url: https://www.7-zip.org/history.txt
Tags:
archiver
compression
file-compression
foss
open-source
tool
utility
Installer:
Installer Type: nullsoft
Installer Url: https://www.7-zip.org/a/7z2201-x64.exe
Installer SHA256: b055fee85472921575071464a97a79540e489c1c3a14b9bdfbdbab60e17f36e4
Release Date: 2022-07-15
This issue goes on and on for pretty much every commonly used piece of software and I don't understand why it's like this.
So my question is why? Why are we integrating "msstore" only application into a business focused product like Intune/Endpoint Manager? Why would you want to fill this solution with a bunch of random packages that don't come from official sources? Why are we not integrating "winget" sources? Why are you promoting this as "winget" when it's clearly just "msstore"? Someone please make sense of this for me.