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jvintzel
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May 08, 2018
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How to get started today

Some folks have asked me if there is anything we can do to start the move to MSIX today?   The tooling is expected to be in a Windows Insider preview in the June timeframe.  Meanwhile folks can s...
  • Rob Mensching's avatar
    Rob Mensching
    May 08, 2018

    Amit,

     

    When looking to move your existing apps forward to MSIX, I'd recommend starting with the tooling vendor creating your packages today (if you have one). For example, if you're using the WiX Toolset to create your installation packages, we at FireGiant have created an extension to create .appx packages (and soon MSIX packages when Windows provides full support for MSIX) along with your .msi packages. I expect all the other major packaging vendors will support MSIX as well. If you don't have a vendor already, there are several to choose from (I think this presentation showed them: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/events/build/content/msix-inside-and-out-pptx).

     

    As to your second question, MSIX will allow you deploy directly via SCCM. You can use the Windows Store for Business but it is not a requirement. MSIX deployment is much more like MSI in that way.

     

    Hope that helps.

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