MSIX - The future universal format

MSBuild 2018 has officially announced  the new msix format,  and so now it's free to share information publically to all.

Since there are already quite few blogs and video's shared in msbuild,  I will  be sharing those links below which will be quite very useful.

MSIX - Inside and Out

Accelerating Windows 10 enterprise app deployment through MSIX

MSIX - pptx

MSIX First Look - Priya Saxena

Is MSIX the future for App-V - Tim Mangan

A blog by Kevin Kaminski

MSIX Intro

A closer look at MSIX

MSIX But what about App-V?

Steps to create MSIX - Pascal Berger


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