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📢 New #InsideMSIX blog post: External Location

#MSIX deployment provides a full-service software installation stack. But…what if you already have a product with an existing installer?

Learn more 👇
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October 28, 2026 at 12:50 AM
rdmaclachlan.bsky.social
Have you ever wanted to sit-down and have a conversation with either myself, or the #MSIX Architect and blog author on #InsideMSIX, Howard Kapustein. We will be at #MicrosoftIgnite and doing a Table Talk, where you can come sit down with us, ask questions or have a conversation.
October 22, 2026 at 4:47 PM
alvinashcraft.com
Servicing While In Use and ERROR_PACKAGES_IN_USE | Inside MSIX by Howard Kapustein

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#windowsdev #cpp #msix #softwaredev #csharp #packagemanager
Servicing While In Use and ERROR_PACKAGES_IN_USE - Inside MSIX
Learn how MSIX handles packages in use, including ERROR_PACKAGES_IN_USE, forced application shutdown, deferred updates, and deferred removal.
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September 2, 2026 at 8:01 PM
alvinashcraft.com
What’s a PFN? | by Howard Kapustein

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#windowsdev #msix #identity #windows #packaging
What's a PFN? - Inside MSIX
What's a PFN? It depends who you ask. The story of how Package Full Name and Package Family Name ended up sharing the same acronym.
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August 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM
dotmorten.xaml.dev
New blog series about MSIX: “Inside MSIX” devblogs.microsoft.com/insidemsix/
Inside MSIX
Demystifying MSIX Architecture, Development, Deployment and Troubleshooting
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May 5, 2026 at 2:35 PM
mircovanini.bsky.social
MSIX Per-User vs All Users: Install, Provision, and Uninstall Packages - Inside MSIX devblogs.microsoft.com/insidemsix/m...
MSIX Per-User vs All Users: Install, Provision, and Uninstall Packages - Inside MSIX
Learn the difference between MSIX per-user and all-users deployment, including package registration, provisioning, updates, installation, and removal.
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July 1, 2026 at 4:54 PM
alvinashcraft.com
Remove and Package Lifetime | by Howard Kapustein

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#windowsdev #msix #packaging #softwaredev
Remove and Package Lifetime - Inside MSIX
Learn how MSIX uses reference tracking and reachability to determine when staged packages can be destaged.
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August 12, 2026 at 1:01 PM
alvinashcraft.com
Remove Is Not Uninstall | by Howard Kapustein

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#windowsdev #msix #packaging #softwaredev #architecture
Remove Is Not Uninstall - Inside MSIX
Removing an MSIX package isn't the same as uninstalling it. Learn how deregistration and destaging really work.
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August 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
alvinashcraft.com
Package Identity | Inside MSIX by Howard Kapustein

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#windowsdev #msix #windev #identity #architecture
Package Identity - Inside MSIX
What is package identity? What is Package Full Name, Publisher Id and Package Family Name, and why do they exist?
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May 20, 2026 at 2:00 PM
denelon.bsky.social
A recent conversation started (as many interesting conversations do) with a simple question:

“Why is MSIX secure?”

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Package Integrity and Enforcement - Inside MSIX
How MSIX uses package identity, signing, deployment validation, and PICE to create a verifiable chain of trust.
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July 30, 2026 at 3:30 PM
denelon.bsky.social
Two for Tuesday:

What do you mean "applications are not packages?"

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What's the status of my package?

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July 14, 2026 at 6:52 PM
denelon.bsky.social
The Tuesday MSIX blog post is out:

devblogs.microsoft.com/insidemsix/d...
Deployment Operations, Requests and Queue - Inside MSIX
Explore how PackageManager and the MSIX deployment engine drives deployment operations, queues requests, and manages concurrency.
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May 27, 2026 at 4:33 PM
denelon.bsky.social
Have you ever wondered what those extra characters were at the end of an MSIX package?

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Package Identity - Inside MSIX
What is package identity? What is Package Full Name, Publisher Id and Package Family Name, and why do they exist?
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May 19, 2026 at 4:13 PM
denelon.bsky.social
The second post on MSIX is out:

devblogs.microsoft.com/insidemsix/i...
Is This a Packaged Process? - Inside MSIX
C++ and C# code to determine if current process has or lacks package identity. Defines terms "packaged process" and "unpackaged process"
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May 12, 2026 at 9:37 PM
denelon.bsky.social
There's been lots of confusion around MSIX. In particular how it works with WinGet and even more so around system context. This is the first blog in a series of weekly posts coming about how MSIX actually works.

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There is no Install - it's 'Stage' and 'Register' - Inside MSIX
“Is ContosoParts.msix installed?” is a common – but misleading – question The term install is not a formal concept in MSIX. This may seem paradoxical for a deployment technology, but it makes perfect ...
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May 4, 2026 at 11:49 PM