05-22-2018 01:47 PM
Will MSIX support installation of Windows services? We have a scenario in which customers have unattended computers that need to continue working across power failure/restoration, and Windows services provide our best solution.
05-22-2018 07:18 PM
Solution06-13-2018 06:59 AM
The same way MSIX brings all the packaging features to any app that were originally only available to UWP/Store apps, giving regular apps a bit of a boost in terms of lifecycle and rights management, it would be nice to have MSIX for Windows Services with support for traditional Windows Services use-case scenarios but also "UWP Background Task"-like features with stricter resource management, system triggers, etc.
Also, with the "sandboxing" features of MSIX, it could be a very interesting alternative to Containers on servers to achieve even higher deployment density, pretty much the same as hosting services as processes, but still with an extra layer of protection around it.
05-24-2019 04:43 PM
@John Vintzel Is this this now available in the May Win 10 update?
05-26-2019 05:38 AM
It's not part of the May release, but you will see it in Insider flights later this summer.
John Vintzel (@jvintzel)
Program Manager Lead, MSIX
06-24-2019 07:58 AM
@John Vintzel Will that require insider flights of the OS also?
06-24-2019 08:14 AM
@TIMOTHY MANGAN I was speaking to the OS. Support for services is one of the few things that will require an OS update.
10-22-2019 05:12 AM
@John Vintzel Is the support for windows service available in latest update .
10-22-2019 06:02 AM
Its part of the latest Windows Insider preview builds (18999 or later). The MSIX Packaging Tool does not yet support capturing. That will be coming in the next release.
John.