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App Attach and auto update
Hi, Maybe https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/msix-deployment/citrix-and-xendesktop/m-p/1521499 was too broad to get a response, so I've done some more investigation and maybe the recommended way ...
- You are correct Bogdan. MSIX app attach does not support auto update. Generally (non MSIX app attach specific) auto update are frowned upon in virtualized environments. Not saying this is why MSIX app attach does not support auto update but it falls in a Venn overlap between existing best practices and tech limitations.
I haven't tested this but I suspect the auto-update service does not apply to MSIX App Attach images. These images (and the version of the app published) should be controlled directly by the admins setting up the VD.
I suspect that is the case. It's not very satisfactory though from my an ISV point of view, specifically an ISV deploying on the cloud. If you have a client server app on 100 clients, 10 on VDs then, and you want to perform an update with internal API changes, then you can do the non VD clients easily, but you can't deploy the VD installation's backends until you organise dates with the client IT team. This is a worse workflow than, for example, a wholly cloud based deployment, e.g. with a web front end.