Universal Windows App Deployment

The official blog of the team that owns building and deploying Universal Windows Apps

Resource packages offers a great way to reduce users disk footprint by segmenting language or scale...

Date: 02/23/2018

Optional packages provide a great way to componentize and distribute pieces of your application as...

Date: 11/17/2017

This blog covers updates for UWP apps that are not distributed through the Windows Store. This is a...

Date: 09/27/2017

We have introduced App Installer in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update to make installation of...

Date: 09/26/2017

With the Fall Creators Update, you can now debug streaming install of UWP apps through the Windows...

Date: 08/09/2017

Windows Device Portal (WDP) is available on all Windows 10 devices and makes it a great tool for...

Date: 08/09/2017

When building the Universal Windows Platform, one of the core tenets we had was ensuring app...

Date: 07/12/2017

Hi Developers, If you recall, Windows 10 Creators Update introduced support for registering loose...

Date: 06/09/2017

Interested in using extensions and don't quite know how to get started? Here's a walk-through of the...

Date: 05/16/2017

In my previous blog we talked about the requirement to create a related set to load code from an...

Date: 05/12/2017

In the last blog we looked at how to create a basic optional package and how to load content from...

Date: 05/11/2017

In my last blog we talked about why you would develop an optional package. In this segment lets try...

Date: 05/09/2017

We have updated the AppExtensionCatalog documentation with improved guidance and information about...

Date: 05/05/2017

One of the great new Universal App features in Windows 10 Anniversary Edition is App Extensions....

Date: 05/01/2017

What is an optional package? So you have a Universal Windows App. Over a period of time you added...

Date: 04/05/2017

Loose File Deployed Stream-able App A stream-able app can still be deployed as loose files (or F5...

Date: 03/30/2017

After you have your content group map for your app, you need to support streaming install in your...

Date: 03/28/2017

Content Group Map Requirements and Details General Content Group Map Requirements From the previous...

Date: 03/23/2017

To illustrate the streaming install concepts through the rest of this blog series, we will use parts...

Date: 03/21/2017

What is UWP App Streaming Install? As apps and games get progressively larger, users are waiting...

Date: 03/15/2017

Developer Mode is a general requirement for most if not all, developer scenarios on Windows. In...

Date: 03/10/2017

Whenever you get a new Windows PC or use a PC configured for work or school you may have noticed...

Date: 02/22/2017

ComparePackage is a new Windows 10 SDK (ver 10.0.15003.1001) tool that analyzes the differences...

Date: 02/12/2017

Our insiders and loyal windows users are key contributors to the success of Windows 10.  They...

Date: 01/25/2017

In the last blog we looked at how to create settings and files that can be roamed or backed up....

Date: 01/24/2017

If you have an engaging app, you must be managing state and user generated data aka App Data....

Date: 01/13/2017

In my previous blog, I talked about how to test your Windows Apps on various windows device types...

Date: 01/08/2017

Universal Windows Platform Apps enable you as a developer to build an app that works on many...

Date: 12/17/2016

Why use Universal Windows Apps in the Enterprise? Due to their nature, Classic Windows Apps (CWA)...

Date: 12/09/2016

One of the key benefits of building a UWP app are the savings users see when downloading updates....

Date: 12/03/2016

Windows has always been, and continues to be, the premier platform of games. As Windows games keep...

Date: 11/23/2016

What are the options available for deploying Universal Windows Platform apps in the Enterprise? The...

Date: 11/17/2016

Keeping apps up to date is a somewhat tedious task; it requires extra work on developers to check...

Date: 11/11/2016

We hear a lot from our developers that collaborative and multi-device development is time consuming...

Date: 11/04/2016

Hey everyone, I’m happy to share with you a great upgrade experience improvement for the latest...

Date: 10/25/2016

Creating rich multi-language or multi-scale experiences for your UWP apps is highly encouraged; it...

Date: 09/30/2016

App Installer - An easy way to install your Universal Windows Apps on Windows Desktop! New in the...

Date: 05/27/2016