1. M5: Packaging and Deployment
Michael Palermo
Microsoft Technical Evangelist
Jeremy Foster

2. Jump Start Target Agenda
Advanced Windows Store App Development with HTML5 Refresh
Module 1: Multimedia and Devices
Module 2: Packaging and Deployment
Module 3: Tools and Asynchronous Programming

3. Module Agenda ˃
App packaging
Store Improvements

4. App Resources Resource Package (.appx)
Additional resources such at strings or images
Never contain code
Enables reducing size of app package
Optional to app, thus app not dependent

5. App Bundles App Bundle Manifest (.appxbundlemanifest)
Organizes packages of type Application or Resource

6. Module Agenda
App packaging
Store Improvements ˃

7. Store Improvements Windows Store Dashboard and onboarding changes
Consumable in-app purchases using Store commerce
Support for large in-app purchase catalogs
Automatic app updates
Proxy authentication for enterprise scenarios
More Store improvements

8. App submission scenarios
Adding an app targeted for Windows 8.1 when you have already published the same app targeted for Windows 8.
Adding an app targeted for Windows 8 when you have already published the same app targeted for Windows 8.1.
Simultaneously submitting both Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 packages for the same app.
Submitting updates for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 packages, either one at a time or simultaneously

9. Consumable in-app purchases
RequestAppPurchaseAsync returns a PurchaseResults
ReportConsumableFulfillmentAsync
GetUnfulfilledCosumablesAsync

10. Large in-app purchase catalogs
RequestProductPurchaseAsync

11. msdn: Trial app and in-app purchase sample (Windows 8.1)
demo
msdn: Trial app and in-app purchase sample (Windows 8.1)

12. Automatic app updates On by default
Turn it off by going to Store | Settings | App updates

13. Proxy authentication
Great for enterprise users
WPAD and PAC

14. More Store improvements
Redeemable Store credit
Improved Store searching using Bing
New and improved Store pages

15. Summary
App packaging
Store Improvements