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The MSIX Report Cards

This collection is a series of research papers examining how MSIX is doing at various points in time. Each report is labeled with the Windows 10 Release version associated with the report (as most of the report is dependent on the MSIX Runtime in that version).

The following reports are available:

Topic	Description	Release Date	Thumbnail First Page of PDF
	Windows 10 21H2 This 14-page paper examines the initial release of MSIX, and the state of the industry in January 2022. It reports on the industry in these areas: Support by Independent Software Vendors to release in MSIX Format Support by Tool Vendors Support inside the Operating System Application Compatibility Testing Results It includes the Repackaging test results for 74 apps using tooling available at the beginning of 2022. Request Form MSIX Report Card 21H2	February 3, 2022
	Windows 10 20H2 This 22-page paper examines the initial release of MSIX, and the state of the industry in January 2021. It reports on the industry in these areas: Support by Independent Software Vendors to release in MSIX Format Support by Tool Vendors Support inside the Operating System Application Compatibility Testing Results MSIX App Attach It includes the Repackaging test results for 70 apps using tooling available at the end of 2020. Request Form MSIX Report Card 20H2	February 5, 2021
	Windows 10 1909 Consists of two papers: Report Card This 22 paper examines the initial release of MSIX, and the state of the industry in January 2020. It reports on the industry in three areas: Support by Independent Software Vendors to release in MSIX Format Support by Tool Vendors Support inside the Operating System It includes the Repackaging test results for 60 apps using tooling from multiple vendors as available at the end of 2019. Surveys on MSIX Report This additional 22 page paper shows the results of two industry surveys on MSIX conducted near the end of 2019: Survey for Developers building MSIX applications. Survey for IT Pros repackaging and/or delivering MSIX applications. Request Form MSIX Report Card 1909	January 23, 2020
	Windows 10 1809 This paper examines the initial release of MSIX, and the state of the industry in January 2019. It reports on the industry in three areas: Support by Independent Software Vendors to release in MSIX Format Support by Tool Vendors Support inside the Operating System 15 pages. Request Form MSIX Report Card 1809	January 21, 2019