Packaging your application is only half the battle. Next you need to be able to deploy your application to your users. How you deploy your application depends on who your customer is. This section, Managing your MSIX deployment, will discuss deployment of MSIX packages for both enterprise and retail markets. It will provide links and tips and tricks to ensuring a successful experience.
In order to successfully deploy MSIX, you need to consider the following:
Who is my customer?
What dependencies do I have?
How will I provide the best support for my customer?
Who is my customer?
How you deploy often depends on who is your customer and your role as a developer or administrator. It is important to identify your role to know what tools to use.
Using AppCenter for building, testing, releasing, and desktop apps
Dependencies
MSIX is a robust and reliable modern app install experience. The MSIX experience delivers a 99.96% successful install rate. But there are some caveats. MSIX is not supported by default on all versions of Windows, and the supported feature set may very depending on which version of Windows 10 you are deploying to. In the Plan for your deployment section we will discuss the importance of understanding the target device that the MSIX will be deployed to.
Providing support for my customer
Though MSIX has a 99.96% successful install rate, you still need to plan how to support your customer. In the MSIX Validation and Troubleshooting section we discuss tools available for you to diagnose installation issues.
Learn how to deliver applications by using MSIX app attach. MSIX app attach is an application delivery technology that separates applications and their state from the operating system and assigns applications to users dynamically.
Plan and execute an endpoint deployment strategy, using essential elements of modern management, co-management approaches, and Microsoft Intune integration.
A document describing how to create the custom UX xml file and how to add it to your MSIX package to create a custom look and feel for your App Installer installs.
This article provides details that need to be considered when deploying your MSIX packages on Windows devices in an enterprise environment. This article is targeted at enterprise and IT Pros.
MSIX is a packaging format for Windows apps that is built to be safe and reliable. It is based on a combination of .msi, .appx, App-V and ClickOnce installation technologies.