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How to Convert an EXE to MSIX, Start to Finish
Convert a legacy EXE installer to a signed MSIX package: prepare a clean machine, capture, fix what breaks, sign, validate and deploy through Intune.
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AI Wrote the Script. Who Signs It Off?
AI can write a remediation script in seconds. Most organisations have no rule for who approves it, what the reviewer checks, or what evidence is kept.
App-V to MSIX: The Four Things That Break Every Time
Environment variables, shortcuts, scripts and file type associations behave differently in MSIX. What changes, why, and what to do about each one.
The State of Application Packaging in 2026: Evidence Over Assertion
Our free 2026 report on application packaging: measured MSIX results, Microsoft platform changes, published packaging prices and a transparent cost model.
App-V Server Is Ending. App-V Is Not.
The April 2026 date applied to App-V server components, not to App-V itself. Here is what actually ended, what did not, and how to plan without panic.
MSIX at Scale: What 3,261 Automated Packaging Cases Tell Us
New open-access research: an automated workflow built MSIX packages for 90.68% of 3,261 Windows application cases, and 80.04% passed a recorded smoke test.
Tenant Configuration Backup: What Microsoft Covers, and For How Long
Microsoft backs up tenant configuration and keeps up to seven days of history. Here is what that covers, what it does not, and how to close the gap.
Building MSIX in GitHub Actions Without the Windows SDK
Package and sign MSIX on a GitHub Actions Windows runner without installing the Windows SDK or hunting for MakeAppx.exe on the image.
Why Your Intune Device Count Is Wrong
Intune device cleanup rules hide stale devices instead of deleting them. Reconcile Intune, Entra and your asset list before somebody asks for evidence.