Tim Mangan (MVP)

I have a different scenario with the same cause. The package is made available via the Windows Store but also because of customers where store access is blocked also may...

I now have the issue in a way more common with all of you. I have been through two different CAs (Sectigo and Digicert) and they both refuse to include...

Step 4 : Sign the catalog with the old certificate. The old certificate has expired. Is this process going to work?

This is not an acceptable process. CAs require certificate renewal every year so this process says I'd have to start building chains of expired certificates for the catalog. In four...

Here is a summary of my thoughts on this. 1. Code Signing of a package does not equal identity. Code signing is only a promise that the package has not...

Oh, I left off one more thing. Any persistent identity solution for the software publisher should also cover the scenario where the name of the publisher changes due to merger/acquisition.

It is my understanding that a brand new customer receiving Release B or Release C will be required to install Old-Cert to be able to install the release. This is...

@dianmsft I am going to try out the process of including the catalog, under the assumption that the line in the Persistant Identity doc that says "You will still need...

In general, the bms-resource constraint is evaluating the string value. In this case it is checking the length in addition to other things. I've never found out what, exactly,, but...

FYI: In my case for VS2022, I could not upgrade to the 143 toolset, but changing the project properties from Windows SDK Version = "10.0 (latest version)" to the prior...