This is an open-source deployment technology. MSIX is a modern application-packaging format. Features include:Īs listed, Advanced Installer supports and features the ability to package applications using the MSIX format. It includes a modern packaging experience that allows working with many popular development tools as well as extensions that allow CI/CD pipeline integration. Upload the MSIX package on the MDM server, by following the steps given here.Advanced Installer has many really nice features. Provide the location to save the created MSIX package and click on Create to create the package. Click on Next after successfully running the application. You can also install any pre-reqs, required by the app in this step. This will ensure that these shortcuts are created when the app is installed on the target machine. Here you can also create the desktop shortcut and Start Menu shortcut. On the next step, any post installation tasks can be captured.
Click on Next once the installation is complete. On the next step, the tool monitors the installation of the application. To ensure no other processes are captured, it's recommended to use a clean machine to create the MSIX packages.
The package is created based on the changes made. This driver is required to monitor and capture all the changes made by the installer on the machine. On Prepare the computer screen, availability of the MSIX Packaging Tool Driver is checked. You can optionally enter the Installation Path if you wish to save the app in a location other than Program files. The publisher name and publisher display name are prefetched from the uploaded certificate. The above mentioned details are mandatory to create the package. Publisher display name: Publisher name to be displayed to the user.Publisher name: Name of the app publisher.Package display name: Name of the package to be displayed to the user.Package name is case sensitive and cannot contain spaces. Package name: Package name to identify the package.Select Create Package on this computer if you wish to save the package on the same computer upon creation. If your certificate file is password protected, provide the password. pfx certificate file to sign the package.
Under Additional Options, check the Sign Package box and select a. Launch the tool and select Application Package to create the MSIX app package.īrowse and select the installer to be packaged. Stepsĭownload the MSIX packaging tool from the Windows Store on a device running Windows10, version 1809 or above. With MDM, admins can silently install MSIX apps on devices running Windows 10, version 1803 or above.įollow the steps given below to create MSIX packages. With the MSIX packaging tool, admins can create an MSIX package from an EXE. MSIX is a Windows app package that provides modern packaging experience to all Windows apps.