WinGet and Beyond
WinGet and Beyond
Mastering Windows Package Management and more
About the Book
WinGet and Beyond is your no-nonsense, hands-on guide to mastering WinGet and unlocking the full potential of Windows package management. Written with a casual tone and packed with practical hands-on exercises, this book is all about helping you get things done — whether it’s deploying apps, automating installs, or managing your system configurations like a pro.
Here’s what you’ll find inside:
- A crash course in WinGet: Learn the commands, workflows, and best practices to become a WinGet pro.
- Advanced WinGet features: Dive deeper into WinGet's advanced features, learn about user and administrator settings, and tips and tricks
- Build WinGet package: Build your own WinGet package and prepare yourself to publish it to the Windows Package Manager repository
- Create private WinGet Source: Learn how to set up private WinGet repositories using Azure or WinGet.pro for secure, custom package management
- WinGet, DSC and PowerShell: Explore how to integrate WinGet with Desired State Configuration (DSC) and PowerShell for powerful automation and configuration management
- Introducing DevHome: Discover how DevHome enhances developer productivity and how WinGet seamlessly integrates to manage packages and streamline workflows
About the Author
Table of Contents
- About this book
- Why use WinGet?
- Who is this book for?
- The “Beyond” Vision
- How to use this book
- Code listings and typographic conventions
- What you need for this book
- Feedback
- Version information
- Dedication
- Chapter 1 - Getting Started with WinGet
- How to install WinGet
- Using the Microsoft Store
- Installing WinGet with PowerShell
- Using GitHub releases
- Installing preview release
- Alternative methods
- Upgrading WinGet
- Discovering basic WinGet commands
- Ask for Help
- Run your first search in Microsoft Store
- Show package information
- Installing package
- Upgrade package
- Uninstall package
- Your first WinGet Configuration File
- Troubleshooting
- Hands-on practice
- Summary
- How to install WinGet
- Chapter 2 - Advanced WinGet Features
- Argument completers and Schemas
- Authoring WinGet Configuration file
- Breaking down resources
- Assert $True or $False
- Using Parameters in configurations
- Discover settings
- How to customize WinGet’s user settings file
- Enabling visual modes
- Telemetry
- Experimental features
- Configure installation behavior
- Set interactivity
- Log channels and levels
- Settings for network
- Downloading PowerShell modules
- Downloading packages
- Controlling uninstallation behavior
- Customize administrator settings
- Bypass certificate pinning for Microsoft Store
- Install local manifest files
- Malware scanning override
- Hash validation
- Enable proxy options
- How to configure WinGet with Group Policy Objects
- Tips and tricks
- Tip 1 - Customize installation
- Tip 2 - Capture dependencies for uninstallation
- Tip 3 - Exporting and Importing Configurations
- Tip 4 - Silent and automated installations
- Tip 5 - Just “pin” it
- Tip 6 - Scheduling
- Tip 7 - Multiple installations
- Tip 8 - Scope installations
- Hands-on practice
- Summary
- Chapter 3 - Building WinGet package
- Understanding the basics
- Creating YAML manifest files
- Manually create YAML manifest files
- Automatically create YAML files
- Explore wingetcreate Commands
- Managing and Updating Existing Packages
- Alternatives to
wingetcreateyamlcreate.ps1
dumplings
- Hands-on practice
- Summary
- Chapter 4 - Create private WinGet source
- Why host private WinGet source
- Host private WinGet source in Azure
- Prerequisites
- Installing and discover commands in Microsoft.WinGet.RestSource
- Add-WinGetManifest
- Find-WinGetManifest
- Get-WinGetManifest
- New-WinGetSource
- Remove-WinGetManifest
- Update-WinGetSource
- Create private Windows Package Manager REST source in Azure
- Upload manifests to private Windows Package Manager REST source
- Using Microsoft Entra ID authentication
- Host local WinGet source using winget.pro
- Hands-on practice
- Summary
- Chapter 5 - WinGet, PowerShell and DSC
- Connecting between WinGet, PowerShell and DSC
- Exploring WinGet’s PowerShell module
- Get-WinGetUserSettings
- Set-WinGetUserSettings
- Test-WinGetUserSettings
- Add-WinGetSource
- Assert-WinGetPackageManager
- Disable-WinGetSetting
- Enable-WinGetSetting
- Export-WinGetPackage
- Find-WinGetPackage
- Get-WinGetPackage
- Get-WinGetSetting
- Get-WinGetSource
- Get-WinGetVersion
- Install-WinGetPackage
- Remove-WinGetSource
- Repair-WinGetPackage
- Reset-WinGetSource
- Uninstall-WinGetPackage
- Update-WinGetPackage
- How to discover DSC resources
- Building DSC resource
- Hands-on practice
- Summary
- Chapter 6 - Introducing DevHome
- What is DevHome?
- Installing DevHome
- Exploring DevHome Dashboard
- Integrating DevHome with WinGet
- Hands-on practice
- Summary
- Release notes
- About this book
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