MSIX Packaging
MSIX is a packaging format that is a successor of the AppX technology. It was designed to deploy Windows applications on desktops, servers, mobile and other devices. Applications deployed as MSIX packages run in a container, so that applications and their child processes are isolated. File system and registry operations are redirected and some security restrictions are applied.
MSIX package creation is available exclusively in the Enterprise and Architect editions; the Professional edition cannot create MSIX packages.
You can use MSI Package Builder to create new MSIX packages from scratch or repackage existing Windows applications to the MSIX format. Application packaging into MSIX works on the same way as packaging to MSI, so you can use installations monitoring to create a new MSIX package, as described in the previous chapters. Note that MSIX applications work in isolated containers, so if the original application wasn’t designed to work in isolated environment, you may need to configure MSIX fixups to let it work properly, as described in the following chapters.
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