AmirMS (AmelBawa-msft) · Oct 26, 2026 · Oct 23, 2026 · Oct 24, 2026 · Oct 26, 2026
diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Msix.Utils" Version="2.1.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.9.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.CsWin32" Version="0.3.213" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsPackageManager.Utils" Version="1.12.350" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsPackageManager.Utils" Version="1.29.380" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Moq" Version="4.20.70" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Newtonsoft.Json.Schema" Version="3.0.15" />

diff --git a/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/BaseCommand.cs b/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/BaseCommand.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Commands
     using System.Threading.Tasks;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Logging;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Models.Settings;
-    using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Properties;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Telemetry;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Telemetry.Events;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore;
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Commands
     using Octokit;
     using RestSharp;
     using Sharprompt;
+    using Resources = Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Properties.Resources;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Abstract base command class that all commands inherit from.

diff --git a/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/NewCommand.cs b/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/NewCommand.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Commands
     using CommandLine.Text;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Logging;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Models.Settings;
-    using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Properties;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Telemetry;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Telemetry.Events;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore;
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Commands
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore.Models.Version;
     using Newtonsoft.Json.Schema.Generation;
     using Sharprompt;
+    using Resources = Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Properties.Resources;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Command to launch a wizard that prompt users for information to generate a new manifest.

diff --git a/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/ShowCommand.cs b/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/ShowCommand.cs
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Commands
     using CommandLine.Text;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Logging;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Models.Settings;
-    using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Properties;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Telemetry;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Telemetry.Events;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore.Models;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore.Models.Installer;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore.Models.Singleton;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore.Models.Version;
+    using Resources = Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Properties.Resources;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Show command to display manifest from the packages repository.

diff --git a/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/SubmitCommand.cs b/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/SubmitCommand.cs
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Commands
     using CommandLine.Text;
     using Microsoft.VisualBasic;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Logging;
-    using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Properties;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Telemetry;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Telemetry.Events;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore.Models;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore.Models.Singleton;
+    using Resources = Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Properties.Resources;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Command to validate and submit a manifest to the GitHub Windows Package Manager repository.

diff --git a/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/UpdateCommand.cs b/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/UpdateCommand.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Commands
     using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Logging;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Models.Settings;
-    using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Properties;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Telemetry;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Telemetry.Events;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore;
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Commands
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore.Models.Locale;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore.Models.Version;
     using Sharprompt;
+    using Resources = Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Properties.Resources;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Command for updating the elements of an existing or local manifest.
@@ -640,6 +640,12 @@ private static Manifests ConvertSingletonToMultifileManifest(WingetCreateCore.Mo
                     cfg.CreateMap<WingetCreateCore.Models.Singleton.InstallationMetadata, WingetCreateCore.Models.Installer.InstallationMetadata>();
                     cfg.CreateMap<WingetCreateCore.Models.Singleton.Icon, WingetCreateCore.Models.DefaultLocale.Icon>();
                     cfg.CreateMap<WingetCreateCore.Models.Singleton.Authentication, WingetCreateCore.Models.Installer.Authentication>();
+                    cfg.CreateMap<WingetCreateCore.Models.Singleton.MicrosoftEntraIdAuthenticationInfo, WingetCreateCore.Models.Installer.MicrosoftEntraIdAuthenticationInfo>();
+                    cfg.CreateMap<WingetCreateCore.Models.Singleton.DesiredStateConfiguration, WingetCreateCore.Models.Installer.DesiredStateConfiguration>();
+                    cfg.CreateMap<WingetCreateCore.Models.Singleton.PowerShell, WingetCreateCore.Models.Installer.PowerShell>();
+                    cfg.CreateMap<WingetCreateCore.Models.Singleton.DSCv3, WingetCreateCore.Models.Installer.DSCv3>();
+                    cfg.CreateMap<WingetCreateCore.Models.Singleton.Resources, WingetCreateCore.Models.Installer.Resources>();
+                    cfg.CreateMap<WingetCreateCore.Models.Singleton.Resources2, WingetCreateCore.Models.Installer.Resources2>();
                 },
                 NullLoggerFactory.Instance);
             var mapper = config.CreateMapper();

diff --git a/src/WingetCreateCLI/PromptHelper.cs b/src/WingetCreateCLI/PromptHelper.cs
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI
     using System.Linq;
     using System.Reflection;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Logging;
-    using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Properties;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore.Common;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore.Models.DefaultLocale;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore.Models.Installer;
     using Sharprompt;
+    using Resources = Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Properties.Resources;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Provides functionality for prompting the user for input to obtain field values for a manifest.
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ private static List<string> GenerateInstallerSelectionList(List<Installer> insta
                 var installerTuple = string.Join(" | ", new[]
                     {
                         installer.Architecture.ToEnumAttributeValue(),
-                        installer.InstallerType.ToEnumAttributeValue(),
+                        installer.InstallerType?.ToEnumAttributeValue(),
                         installer.Scope?.ToEnumAttributeValue(),
                         installer.InstallerLocale,
                         installer.InstallerUrl,
@@ -515,56 +515,63 @@ private static List<string> GenerateInstallerSelectionList(List<Installer> insta
         private static void ApplyChangesToIndividualInstallers(Installer installerCopy, List<Installer> installers)
         {
             // Skip architecture as the default value when instantiated is x86.
-            var modifiedFields = installerCopy.GetType().GetProperties()
-                .Select(prop => prop)
-                .Where(pi =>
-                    pi.GetValue(installerCopy) != null &&
-                    pi.Name != nameof(Installer.Architecture) &&
-                    pi.Name != nameof(Installer.AdditionalProperties));
-
-            foreach (var field in modifiedFields)
+            foreach (var property in typeof(Installer).GetProperties().Where(p =>
+                p.Name != nameof(Installer.Architecture) && p.Name != nameof(Installer.AdditionalProperties)))
             {
-                foreach (Installer installer in installers)
+                var value = property.GetValue(installerCopy);
+                if (value != null)
                 {
-                    var fieldValue = field.GetValue(installerCopy);
-                    var prop = installer.GetType().GetProperty(field.Name);
-                    if (prop.PropertyType.IsValueType)
+                    foreach (var installer in installers)
                     {
-                        prop.SetValue(installer, fieldValue);
+                        property.SetValue(installer, ApplyPropertyChanges(value, property.GetValue(installer)));
                     }
-                    else if (fieldValue is IList list)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static object ApplyPropertyChanges(object value, object target)
+        {
+            var pending = new Queue<(object Source, object Target)>();
+            var result = CopyValue(value, target);
+            while (pending.Count > 0)
+            {
+                var (source, destination) = pending.Dequeue();
+                if (source is IList list)
+                {
+                    foreach (var item in list)
                     {
-                        prop.SetValue(installer, list.DeepClone());
+                        ((IList)destination).Add(CopyValue(item, null));
                     }
-                    else if (fieldValue is Dependencies dependencies)
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    foreach (var property in source.GetType().GetProperties().Where(p => p.CanWrite && p.Name != nameof(Installer.AdditionalProperties)))
                     {
-                        ApplyDependencyChangesToInstaller(dependencies, installer);
+                        var propertyValue = property.GetValue(source);
+                        if (propertyValue != null)
+                        {
+                            property.SetValue(destination, CopyValue(propertyValue, property.GetValue(destination)));
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
-        }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Clones any non-null property values of the dependencies object and assigns them to the provided installer object.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="dependencies">Dependencies object with new values.</param>
-        /// <param name="installer">Installer object to assign new changes to.</param>
-        private static void ApplyDependencyChangesToInstaller(Dependencies dependencies, Installer installer)
-        {
-            var modifiedFields = dependencies.GetType().GetProperties()
-                .Select(prop => prop)
-                .Where(pi => pi.GetValue(dependencies) != null);
+            return result;
 
-            foreach (var field in modifiedFields.Where(f => f.Name != nameof(Installer.AdditionalProperties)))
+            object CopyValue(object source, object destination)
             {
-                var fieldValue = field.GetValue(dependencies);
-                installer.Dependencies ??= new Dependencies();
-                var prop = installer.Dependencies.GetType().GetProperty(field.Name);
+                if (source == null || source.GetType().IsValueType || source is string)
+                {
+                    return source;
+                }
 
-                if (fieldValue is IList list)
+                if (source is IList || destination == null)
                 {
-                    prop.SetValue(installer.Dependencies, list.DeepClone());
+                    destination = Activator.CreateInstance(source.GetType());
                 }
+
+                pending.Enqueue((source, destination));
+                return destination;
             }
         }
 

diff --git a/src/WingetCreateCLI/Properties/Resources.resx b/src/WingetCreateCLI/Properties/Resources.resx
@@ -1486,4 +1486,25 @@ Warning: Using this argument may result in the token being logged. Consider an a
   <data name="MixedInstallerRootTypes_ErrorMessage" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Found mixed font and non-font installer types in the manifest. This is not a supported configuration and the manifest should be edited to contain only font or non-font installers before submission.</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="DesiredStateConfiguration_KeywordDescription" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Desired state configuration (DSC) resources related to the package</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="PowerShell_KeywordDescription" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>DSC resources contained in PowerShell modules</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="RepositoryUrl_KeywordDescription" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>The URL of the repository containing the PowerShell module</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="ModuleName_KeywordDescription" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>The name of the PowerShell module containing DSC resources</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Resources_KeywordDescription" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>The DSC resources contained in the module or package</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="DSCv3_KeywordDescription" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>DSC resources contained in the package using the DSC v3 specification</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Type_KeywordDescription" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>The fully qualified type of the DSC resource</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
diff --git a/src/WingetCreateCLI/WingetCreateCLI.csproj b/src/WingetCreateCLI/WingetCreateCLI.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <TargetFramework>net9.0-windows10.0.26100.0</TargetFramework>
     <AssemblyName>WingetCreateCLI</AssemblyName>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI</RootNamespace>
-    <Version>1.12</Version>
+    <Version>1.28</Version>
     <Platforms>x64;x86</Platforms>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x64;win-x86</RuntimeIdentifiers>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>

diff --git a/src/WingetCreateCore/Models/DefaultLocaleManifestModels.cs b/src/WingetCreateCore/Models/DefaultLocaleManifestModels.cs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary<string, object> AdditionalProperti
     }
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// A representation of a multiple-file manifest representing a default app metadata in the OWC. v1.12.0
+    /// A representation of a multiple-file manifest representing a default app metadata in the OWC. v1.28.0
     /// </summary>
     [System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCode("NJsonSchema", "11.0.0.0 (Newtonsoft.Json v13.0.0.0)")]
     public partial class DefaultLocaleManifest
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ public partial class DefaultLocaleManifest
         [Newtonsoft.Json.JsonProperty("ManifestVersion", Required = Newtonsoft.Json.Required.DisallowNull, NullValueHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.NullValueHandling.Ignore)]
         [System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Required(AllowEmptyStrings = true)]
         [System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.RegularExpression(@"^(0|[1-9][0-9]{0,3}|[1-5][0-9]{4}|6[0-4][0-9]{3}|65[0-4][0-9]{2}|655[0-2][0-9]|6553[0-5])(\.(0|[1-9][0-9]{0,3}|[1-5][0-9]{4}|6[0-4][0-9]{3}|65[0-4][0-9]{2}|655[0-2][0-9]|6553[0-5])){2}$")]
-        public string ManifestVersion { get; set; } = "1.12.0";
+        public string ManifestVersion { get; set; } = "1.28.0";