A PackageManagement provider to discover, install and inventory Windows Server App (WSA) packages. WSA is an APPX based installer for Windows Server. It is the only installer available on Nano Server. For more information on WSA, please read this blog.
Currently, the provider is supported on Nano Server Only
Module introduces Find-AppxPackage cmdlet
Find-AppxPackage [[-Name] <string[]>] [-MinimumVersion <version>] [-MaximumVersion <version>] [-RequiredVersion <version>] [-Architecture <string>] [-ResourceId <string>] [-Source <string[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
It also supports following PackageManagement cmdlets
Find-Package
Get-Package
Install-Package
Save-Package
Uninstall-Package
Register-PackageSource
UnRegister-PackageSource
Get-PackageSource
Set-PackageSource
Install-PackageProvider -Name WSAProvider
Import-PackageProvider WSAProvider
List all installed Providers
Get-PackageProvider
Register a package source for WSA packages. It can either be a local folder or a network share
Register-PackageSource -ProviderName WSAProvider -Name WSAPackageSource -Location <WSAPackageLocation>
Discover available WSA Packages. Wildcard is supported for the WSA package name.
Find-Package -Provider WSAProvider
or
Find-AppxPackage
Install WSA package. Pipeline from find-package is supported.
Install-Package -ProviderName WSAProvider -Name <WSAPackageName>
Get list of installed packages
Get-Package -ProviderName WSAProvider
UnInstall WSA Package
UnInstall-Package -Name <WSAPackage> -ProviderName WSAProvider
Register local package source
Register-PackageSource -Name Local -ProviderName WSAProvider -Location C:\temp\
Register network share as package source
New-PSDrive -Name Z -PSProvider FileSystem -Root \\Mydevbox2\WSAPackages -Credential mytestuser
Register-PackageSource -Name dev2 -ProviderName WSAProvider -Location Z:\
Find WSA packages from a specific source
Find-Package -ProviderName WSAProvider -Source dev2
Find WSA package with the given name(with or without extension)
Find-Package -ProviderName WSAProvider -Name TestPackage
Find-Package -ProviderName WSAProvider -Name TestPackage.appx
Find-Package -source dev2 -name TestP*
Find WSA packages with given Resource Id
Find-Package -ProviderName WSAProvider -ResourceId NorthAmerica
Find WSA packages with given Architecture
Find-Package -ProviderName WSAProvider -Architecture x64
Find WSA package that have the given version
Find-Package -ProviderName WSAProvider -RequiredVersion 1.4.0.0 -Name TestPackage.appx
Installing WSA package with the given name(with or without extension)
Install-Package -providername WSAProvider -Name testpackage
Install-Package -providername WSAProvider -Name testpackage.appx
Install WSA package that have the given version
Install-Package -Name TestPackage.appx -requiredVersion 1.4.0.0 -Source Local
Install all the WSA package from the search result
Find-package -ProviderName WSAProvider | Install-Package
Save the latest version of WSA package to the directory that matches the LiteralPath
Save-Package -ProviderName WSAProvider -Name TestPackage -LiteralPath C:\temp\
All results of the find will be saved in the given LiteralPath
Find-AppxPackage | Save-Package -LiteralPath C:\temp\