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Deploying and updating standard applications with Microsoft Package Manager / Winget automatically

Deploying and updating standard applications with Microsoft Package Manager / Winget automatically

Around 2.5 years ago, I introduced a feature in WVDAdmin to install applications from a list of thousands of VM and hosts. That was based on the Microsoft Package Manager / Winget - at this time, probably in preview.

During the last week, I updated the process of how WVDAdmin gets the newest data about available package and also implemented this feature in Hydra for Azure Virtual Desktop.

In WVDAdmin you select session hosts or VMs and then select the package do you want to install: Select Hosts / VMs -> Run script: Microsoft Package Manager / Winget -> Click on Run script -> Select the applications and go.

I also recorded a video to show how to use it in Hydra for Azure Virtual Desktop: