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With Microsoft introducing Enterprise App Management (EAM) as part of the Microsoft 365 suite, I wanted to understand the long-term direction for WinGet.
Since WinGet is currently an open-source community-driven solution for app discovery and deployment, while EAM provides a curated and managed app catalog within Intune:
Does Microsoft see EAM as a replacement for WinGet in enterprise environments, or as a complementary solution?
Are there any plans to change WinGet’s open-source nature or limit its enterprise usage in favor of EAM?
- Jason_Sandys
Microsoft
First note that while WinGet is open source, it is not actually community driven. The WinGet Community Repository is community driven, but that's different from WinGet itself.
No, EAM is not a replacement for either WinGet or the WinGet Community Repository, however, today there is no way to directly leverage the WinGet Community Repository in Intune. There have been discussions on changing this but there are no plans currently.
There are no plans to change WinGet or the WinGet Community Repository. Are there specific apps within the Community Repository that you'd like to see made available in EAM? If so, please submit them through the Feedback Portal as documented at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/intune-service/apps/apps-enterprise-app-management#how-can-i-request-to-add-an-application-to-the-enterprise-app-catalog.
