The Sysprep issues that typically result if many of these Windows apps remain in the VM's operating system are industry known, described in the following Microsoft resources:
The publishing workflow depends on that utility. Almost all of these apps can cause issues with the Microsoft System Preparation (Sysprep) utility. In addition to those apps that are pre-installed in that directory, after the operating system is up and running, it will also silently automatically download from the Windows Store and install various Windows Store Apps that Microsoft calls suggested apps. As described in the Microsoft documentation at Understand the different apps included in Windows 10, Microsoft Windows 10 client-type systems typically include installed Windows apps and provisioned Windows apps, installed in the directory c:\Program Files\WindowsApps. For this list of appx packages, see the section at the bottom of this topic.įor creating a VM with a Microsoft Windows 10 operating system, the automated image creation process uses the versions that are available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. The appx packages on this allowed list remain installed in the base VM at the end of the import VM process. Remove Windows Store Apps toggle is enabled, the system retains some appx packages by default, based on a system-defined allowed list implemented in the system.
