What is MSIX?

MSIX is a Windows app package format that provides a modern packaging experience to all Win32, UWP, and Windows apps. It's a new way of doing application virtualization compared to technologies such as App-V.

Separating the applications from the images to update and assign applications without doing an image update sounds like a solution, right? Well, that's exactly what MSIX can accomplish. Let me explain how you could package an application here:

1. Declarative install via the manifest file.
2. The app signature needs to be trusted on the device.
3. Tamper protection via BlockMap and signature.
4. The OS manages the installation, updates, and removal:

Figure 8.64 – MSIX package

AppxManifest.xml

The package manifest is an XML document that contains the information the system needs to deploy, display, and update an MSIX app. This info includes package identity, package dependencies, required capabilities, visual...