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MSIX on Windows 7?
Microsoft makes a good case to get a software vendor interested in having a single installer package that can be deployed using MSIX on modern and older operating systems this way.
But when the vendor already has a perfectly good setup program (msi or exe based) that works on Windows 7, I'm not sure they should move to MSIX as a single installer platform, so let me share some alternate thoughts to consider.
While it might make it easier for the vendor to have one installer, it is adding a burden to the Win7 consumer, who must first install software before any MSIX package can be installed on their OS. And in the end, the contents of the MSIX package are laid down the same as the original MSI would have done and none of the customer MSIX benefits of OS and App protection apply. (Note: it could be possible that store based licensing and updating still apply, I'm not sure).
So please be sure to consider all aspects before leaping too far.
Microsoft makes a good case to get a software vendor interested in having a single installer package that can be deployed using MSIX on modern and older operating systems this way.
But when the vendor already has a perfectly good setup program (msi or exe based) that works on Windows 7, I'm not sure they should move to MSIX as a single installer platform, so let me share some alternate thoughts to consider.
While it might make it easier for the vendor to have one installer, it is adding a burden to the Win7 consumer, who must first install software before any MSIX package can be installed on their OS. And in the end, the contents of the MSIX package are laid down the same as the original MSI would have done and none of the customer MSIX benefits of OS and App protection apply. (Note: it could be possible that store based licensing and updating still apply, I'm not sure).
So please be sure to consider all aspects before leaping too far.