How Users Can do Side-Loading

Here's a how to.

• Double-click the .msix or .msixbundle file
• Install via PowerShell: Add-AppxPackage
• Deploy and distribute internally

Add-AppxPackage is a cmdlet.

WinUI Blank App (Packaged)

This is project template for creating a WinUI app along with a MSIX package for side-loading or distribution via the Microsoft Store.

Side-loading in the above case refers to installing an app outside of the Microsoft Store, usually by providing the MSIX package to users.