Native MSIX or App Attach for AVD? A Decision Framework, Not a Benchmark
New open-access research reframes native MSIX vs App Attach for Azure Virtual Desktop as a capability decision, not a performance benchmark.
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Is the MSIX Package Support Framework Safe? A Defensive Security Analysis
My new research paper gives the MSIX Package Support Framework a defensive security review: a threat model, benign local validation, and an enterprise mitigation framework.
Understanding MSIX Deployment Operations, Requests, and Queues
MSIX deployment is request-driven: Windows turns package actions into deployment operations, queues them, and applies concurrency rules to protect package state.
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May 13, 2026
Evolving Cloud Endpoints: Navigating the Transition to Windows 365 Flex and Hybrid Cloud VDI
Windows 365 Frontline becomes Flex, Business gets a 20 percent price cut, and AVD Hybrid extends the Azure control plane to on-premises session hosts. A look at the new shape of cloud endpoint strategy.
May 13, 2026
Understanding Package Identity: Is Your Process Packaged or Unpackaged?
Package identity changes how Windows treats a process. Detecting it early prevents bad assumptions in packaged and unpackaged app flows.
May 6, 2026
The Cloud Exit Paradox: Why the Best Plan Is the One You Never Use
A cloud exit strategy is not a retreat plan. It is the architecture discipline that preserves leverage, resilience, and infrastructure sovereignty.
May 5, 2026
Stop Choosing Between AVD and Windows 365 Based on Licensing
AVD and Windows 365 solve different operating-model problems, so licensing should never be the first decision criterion.
May 3, 2026
Engineering the Proactive IT Architect: AI in End-User Computing
AI becomes valuable in EUC when it reduces discovery, packaging, triage, and cost-governance friction under controlled operational boundaries.
May 1, 2026
Azure Virtual Desktop Hybrid: Rationalizing On-Premises Session Hosts with a Cloud Control Plane
Azure Virtual Desktop Hybrid brings Azure-managed brokering to on-premises session hosts, but the current preview has important boundaries.
February 24, 2026
Strategic Resilience: Implementing Windows 365 Reserve for Business Continuity
Windows 365 Reserve is designed for short-term disruption scenarios, not as a general-purpose replacement for Enterprise or Frontline.
February 17, 2026
Strategic Modernization: Using Flexible Virtualization in MSIX
Flexible virtualization in MSIX is a selective interoperability feature, not a blanket compatibility switch.
February 10, 2026
Modernizing the Enterprise Desktop: The Architectural Case for MSIX
MSIX matters because it separates app identity and app state from traditional installer sprawl.