3 Ways To GET MSIX Files From Vendors

[@m00se77]

Happy new year Dean. Great video. I use MSIX Hero alot for creating MSIX app attaches. I will try this out. 🙂

[@AzureAcademy]

Happy new year! MSIX Hero is a great solution! but there can be a lot of advantages of getting the vendors to just give us the MSIX files...beyond just saving your time and money. Let me know what you think of this method

[@scottbarrett8026]

Excellent, saves a lot of time and headaches, any chance of link to the PowerShell you used to convert them?

[@AzureAcademy]

It will cost ya…a subscribe, a like and a share on social media ☺️ raw.githubusercontent.com/DeanCefola/Azure-WVD/master/PowerShell/0_AppAttach%20-%20Template.ps1

[@honeyhlineheidemann3252]

Thank you @AzureAcademy

[@AzureAcademy]

Anytime

[@varishwartripathi3885]

Thank you dean , I have been waiting for a long time this video.

[@AzureAcademy]

Awesome!

[@manjubeli]

Not worried about possible malware injection while using msix bundles from store like rg-adguard? Amazing video, just my honest concern.

[@AzureAcademy]

I’m not, with the Microsoft store then vendor does a scan when they create the package and Microsoft does one when they upload it to the store virus and malware…will it ever miss something…yes, but you could have the same problem from a software vendor. This happened with everyone back with wannacry… Normally this isn’t a problem… but where you see it the most is on small vendors…not normally ones that make apps you would use in AVD

[@manjubeli]

@@AzureAcademy I understand and trust the Microsoft store part. But while downloading it from rg-adguard it can get easily compromised.

[@AzureAcademy]

Well…I have checked the links as much as I can and I have not found anything wrong with those links…you could always use evergreen or go to the vendors if you are more comfortable with that

[@JimMoyle]

With MSIX if the cert is correct and the hash is correct you are good to go, this is one of the big advantages of MSIX over MSI, Windows checks both of these for you FYI, you don't have to do it.

[@JimMoyle]

One manual check you might want to do is if the cert is correct to a public CA on the package but doesn't match the code signing cert on the exe then investigate.

[@1979benmitchell]

Non-AVD question :D ... What setup do you use to record and edit your videos?

[@AzureAcademy]

Sure! I have a green screen with 4 soft box lights I got from amazon - a.co/d/aJfsNQm with a Cannon Vixia 4K camcorder a.co/d/h1yW7rc And old iPad and this teleprompter from GONGYI - a.co/d/flEmCU8 With Samson pencil condenser mics a.co/d/gmKKlwj I store the recordings and edit from my Synology ds1621+ NAS - a.co/d/g7r9Bbj With 6 Seagate 4TB drives a.co/d/3w7iSzp And edit with the adobe creative cloud suite Illustrator to make icons and graphics Photoshop to make thumbnails Animations in After Effects Editing in Premiere Pro And it took me 6 years of making videos to get to this point. I started with a web cam and elgato key lights So if you are thinking of starting…and you have is a phone…that’s kinda all you need to start figuring out your passion ☺️

[@1979benmitchell]

@@AzureAcademy Thanks for this! I'm thinking of using it more for my TTRPG games\sessions.

[@AzureAcademy]

Awe, very cool!

[@greaz6342]

Hey man, great video! Quick Question: I'm currently working in a test environment where I got several msix app attaches. Everything works fine, except the User settings. For example the dark mode setting in adobe dc reader, is not saved after ending the user's session in azure. So after you end the session it is like a freshly installed app without any settings saved. The same thing happens for SAP and other applications. If the packages are locally installed the settings are kept. Do you know by any chance how to fix that? Thanks

[@AzureAcademy]

App Attach apps are READ ONLY so if the app setting to control the theme is inside the app vs a setting that is saved in the user profile or windows itself, it can’t be saved in a session. Every time the app loads it always has the same configuration because it’s read only. The fix would be to find the setting or config file that controls that…then make the change and repackage the app, or create an update package

[@greaz6342]

Thanks for the answer! So the only way to set, for example the dark mode for adobe permanently, to already set it while packaging​. But it is not possible for the user to have any individual settings and then save those configs in the userprofile on the server/fslogix? Or can I somehow modify the app when packaging, to save user preferences outside the container, so they're not reset after ending a session? Thanks @@AzureAcademy

[@AzureAcademy]

The question of do you do it in the app or in the user config will depend ENTIRELY on the app. Adobe may do it in the app but 7-zip and AutoCAD do it in the user config. So there is NOT be 1 solution for every app 😔😟☹️🥺 sorry, but all apps are not made the same.

[@greaz6342]

Ohh okay got it. And changing the way an app saves it either in the container or in the user config is not possible?@@AzureAcademy

[@AzureAcademy]

depending on the app...it might be possible...but you are talking about refactoring how the app works...so if you could make it work for 7-zip I don't think the same strategy would work for Adobe, know what I mean?

[@worldofhemu]

What about the certificate info, if we download MSIX directly from Vendor. Do we need to recreate the package with our Own cert ?

[@AzureAcademy]

NOPE! All the vendors MUST use publicly trusted certificates to upload to the MS Store…problem solved!

[@philippgerber3898]

Great Video ✌ Can you share the Powershell Script to Convert the MSIX into App Attach?

[@AzureAcademy]

It will cost ya 1 subscribe 1 like and 1 share on all your social media ☺️ raw.githubusercontent.com/DeanCefola/Azure-WVD/master/PowerShell/0_AppAttach%20-%20Template.ps1

[@philippgerber3898]

Thanks a lot i give my best ;-)@@AzureAcademy

[@AzureAcademy]

👍☺️👍

[@Ryzzyrru]

This is excellent 👍🏽 thanks.

[@AzureAcademy]

Awesome, glad you liked it! Please share it on social media

[@mosksky]

Thanks!

[@AzureAcademy]

Thank you for your support!

[@ctxshekhar7979]

From where I can find the MSIX for Microsoft Teams which is compatible for AVD environment ?

[@AzureAcademy]

There isn’t one. Teams setup for AVD requires multiple components and system reg keys One drive, office and Teams all require special installs to work in a multisession environment But you can get them all with custom image templates kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6m1k2ypi5infrcsi=_RVoJE0PLSHw64W0

[@ctxshekhar7979]

@@AzureAcademy do we have any document which explains below settings system reg keys One drive, office and Teams all require special installs to work in a multisession environment

[@AzureAcademy]

Yes we do…but it is already built into the Windows Multi-session images in Azure. If you want to make your own golden image I suggest you look at Custom Image Templates here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6m1k2ypi5infrcsi=CsWmekwK4RItoG7T

[@pranshumishra9535]

Does it need and CA Certificate.

[@AzureAcademy]

No, can be any code signing cert, self signed, public or CA as long as the host has the same cert that’s in the package

[@IKronnosI]

Hello dean can you share your script to convert msix in to CIM?

[@AzureAcademy]

It’s on my GitHub github.com/DeanCefola/Azure-WVD/blob/master/PowerShell/0_AppAttach%20-%20Template.ps1

[@1979benmitchell]

Care to share the script at the end?

[@AzureAcademy]

It’s on my GitHub github.com/DeanCefola/Azure-WVD/blob/master/PowerShell/0_AppAttach%20-%20Template.ps1

[@1979benmitchell]

@@AzureAcademy- Yep.. Was able to find it after I posted this :) .. As always amigo - appreciate the hard work you put into these.

[@AzureAcademy]

Anytime!

[@JP-dn1qc]

I need the msix package for teams

[@AzureAcademy]

Ok…so…if you can’t find it you’ll need to package it ☺️ Generally as far as teams goes I recommend installing it in the image. This is because the AV Redirection features for AVD have multiple components, AND teams has a special way it needs to be installed and setup for AVD

[@JP-dn1qc]

@@AzureAcademy can you plz create a video on it ?

[@AzureAcademy]

I already have kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJfFoJ9_nLWWeLssi=uvIEJQrMHCx3KJG4