Visual Studio 2022 and Visual Studio Code make their way to the Microsoft Store on Windows 11

The new Microsoft Shop on Windows eleven (and shortly Windows 10) is fast becoming a hub for all Windows desktop apps, whether those be UWP, Win32, or PWA. Microsoft is then adamant to evidence the world that this new Shop is the real deal that it's fifty-fifty putting its ain apps that previously weren't there into the storefront. This calendar week, Visual Studio 2022 and Visual Studio Code have both showed up and can now exist discovered straight in the Microsoft Shop app.

These apps utilize the Store'southward new policies which allow Microsoft to submit them as unpackaged Win32 apps. The Shop app will download an independent installer and install the program outside of the Shop. This allows these apps to run as if they were downloaded from the spider web, meaning these apps tin can maintain their own updater and content delivery services.

Microsoft is expected to add together more than of its apps to the Microsoft Store over time. Nosotros've already seen the company list Microsoft Edge, and nosotros expect to see Microsoft Teams at some indicate likewise. Now there'due south no limitations on the kind of apps that can be added to the storefront, information technology makes sense to see Microsoft (and indeed other developers) getting their apps into the store.

At this point, the storefront acts as a identify for discovering desktop applications from beyond the web, and that'southward a good affair. Adobe is said to exist bringing its Creative Deject suite to the Store soon, and we'd love to see apps similar Firefox or Google Chrome make their manner besides. In the concurrently, what are your thoughts on this new Microsoft Store app then far? Exercise you call back it's going to be successful for Microsoft?

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