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by benaadams 3564 days ago
Nano server (variant of Server 2016) which has no UI component at all has adopted the appx for Windows Server apps (WSA) so I'd imagine the tooling will improve there.

Though you can also build one with a text editor and command line: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/nanoserver/2015/11/19/ha...

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> Though you can also build one with a text editor and command line

That's exactly the sort of thing I'm after, thanks. I hate it when configuration is hidden in favor of tooling.

Also manual conversion steps without installer: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/porting/desktop...