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http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2015/04/08/microsoft-announces-nano-server-for-modern-apps-and-cloud.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsser

by gnoway 11y ago

http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2015/04/08/microsoft-announces-nano-server-for-modern-apps-and-cloud.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2015/04/08/... "To achieve these benefits, we removed the GUI stack, 32 bit support (WOW64), MSI and a number of default Server Core components."

simoncion 11y ago
You probably have far more expertise in this area, but I don't see this as solid evidence that MSFT is walking away from MSI. I mean, they also removed WOW64 and the GUI. It would be absurd to think that MSFT would ever drop support for the GUI in every version of Windows Server. :)
- gnoway 11y ago
  I don't, my earlier thoughts should indicate that I have less (or none). Thinking about this more it's more likely that Nano Server won't have packages at all: the container will be the package. You'll build the image and it will have whatever it has. If you need to add/remove 'packages' you will build a new image. So, no need for package management inside the container -> no need for MSI.
  - simoncion 11y ago
    That's actually a really good thought about the reason for MSI removal in Nano Server! (And, TBH, my only experience with MSI was briefly working with a vaguely recent version of InstallShield several years ago. The fact that you can talk about the pain of MSI authoring probably indicates that you understand more about the topic than I do. I just clicked some buttons in the InstallShield UI, and skimmed some of the MSI developer docs. :) )