Migrate MSI-based Apps

Applies to: Patch My PC Cloud

Important This documentation is for a pre-release feature still under development and, therefore, incomplete. As a result, both functionality and documentation are subject to change. Once this feature is released, it will be announced and this banner removed. Patch My PC (PMPC) Cloud evaluates ConfigMgr applications using an initial full scan when the environment.

When applications are inventoried from ConfigMgr, PMPC Cloud analyses the application metadata to understand how the application is installed and how it should be migrated. As part of this process, the installation command line is evaluated and the primary installer file is identified from the application’s content source folder.

Identifying an MSI-based App

ConfigMgr does not explicitly label an application as MSI-based. In most cases, the easiest way to confirm that an application is MSI-based is to select the application from the Migration dashboard and review the Installation Program field.

If the Installation Program contains both msiexec and a .msi file reference, the application can be considered MSI-based.