AdminStudio 2025 is live now and available for download from the Product and License Center. This release hosts a brilliant set of features/enhancements and bug fixes.

Key Highlights:

HSM-Based Custom Signing of MSIX Packages

AdminStudio now supports custom signing of MSIX packages with integration to secure Hardware Security Modules (HSM) such as Azure Key Vault and Azure HSM. This feature allows you to define a custom signing process by specifying the path to signing tools or scripts, such as AzureSignTool, along with any required arguments. This ensures secure, automated signing workflows using private keys stored in HSMs, aligning with your organization's security and compliance requirements.

New “My Requests” Tab for Package Request Tracking

A new "My Requests" tab has been added to the Support tab on the Application Manager ribbon. This enhancement allows submit new package requests for Package Feed Module, and also helps you to monitor and manage your submitted package requests, including tracking their progress with real-time status updates.

Support for ConfigMgr Deployments

The Application View now includes a ConfigMgr Deployments tab, enabling you to add, edit, and delete ConfigMgr Deployments for specified applications. Additionally, the Distribution Wizard has been updated to streamline the deployment process, ensuring applications are automatically installed on all targeted systems.

Schedule Automation Enhancements

Improvements to Schedule Automation now allow you to define package automation start dates and times across all scheduler frequencies (Once, Daily, Weekly, and Monthly). You can also configure recurring weekly schedules for package automation. On addition to it, you can configure package automation to run monthly in two ways: either on specific dates within the selected months, or based on a specific weekday occurrence (e.g., second Monday) in those months.

Support for Publishing Mac Packages to Workspace ONE

AdminStudio now supports publishing PKG and DMG packages to Workspace ONE, simplifying the application publishing workflow and expanding platform support for macOS software distribution.

Support for Azure Government Cloud in AAC

A new Azure Environment property has been introduced, allowing you to configure the Azure environment as either Global or US Government Cloud when entering Azure details to browse for Virtual Machines in AAC.

New Application Selection Option while Importing from ConfigMgr

A new Application View property has been introduced to the Source Server     Details panel, enhancing flexibility and performance in application display during the import process. Users can now opt for either a tree structure or a tabular grid view, ensuring quicker access and improved efficiency.

PowerShell Cmdlets / REST API Enhancements

New Cmdlets and REST APIs have been added to support custom and standard signing of MSIX packages, enhancing automation capabilities.

Customer Issue Fixes –

1.      An issue in the AdminStudio Repackager tool led to errors during the repackaging process whenever the Application Isolation check box was activated.

2.      AdminStudio License Re-activating Issue.

For the release notes, please click here.