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MSIX vs MSI - How Do I Know If My App is a Good Candidate for MSIX?
Hi MaWa316,
As Tim mentioned, this can be a complex topic, but hopefully I can help provide some information that will make that easier to understand. I would recommend starting by checking out our documentation site on MSIX. We do our best to guide you through what MSIX is, how it runs on windows, how to take your existing applications or source code and move it to MSIX, and how to manage your deployments. In addition, we also have additional resources to get you started including a toolkit, labs, and videos.
We also encourage you to post here in our Tech Community if there are any other questions you have.
Best,
Sharla Akers
Program Manager, MSIX
TIMOTHY_MANGAN Thanks so much for that response. It was very informative and cleared some things up in my head!
Is MSIX solely intended for distribution through the Windows Store or can it be distributed outside of that. I'm guessing the encapsulation in a container is the major draw.
With that said, can a 'contained' app reach across the container boundaries and query/access things on the host or native machine?
MaWa316 Yes. It can see everything. It can also write to areas kept out of the package definition, such as the Documents folder (assuming the user has permission).