Put Microsoft Store apps in Windows self-service with winget

Fleet can provide Microsoft Store applications as self-service Windows software, but its scripts run under the SYSTEM account while Store apps and winget’s msstore source require a logged-in user context. Although installation and removal use simple winget commands identified by a Store ID, running them through a temporary scheduled task owned by the console user allows winget to resolve correctly and install the app in that user’s profile. Because scheduled-task completion does not reliably convey winget’s result, installations should be verified with Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers rather than uninstall registry keys, which do not track MSIX Store packages. For genuinely machine-wide deployment, administrators can download and provision MSIX packages with Add-AppxProvisionedPackage, but this requires licensing permissions and hosted package files. Fleet’s script-only packages, uninstall and post-install scripts, labels, and GitOps configuration can package this workflow into auditable self-service tiles, while a generator can create the repeated scripts and YAML from a Store ID, display name, and MSIX package name.

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