So is this relevant in 2023?

Thanks for making this guide. And also thanks to Robert Alexander for adding the extra detail about Microsoft.UI.Xaml, as I got stuck when trying to install the latest version and this solved it for me!

****NOTE: Powershell commands are marked with “*” at the beginning of the line, the * is not actually part of the command!

#1: “C++ Runtime framework packages for Desktop Bridge”, reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/developer/visualstudio/cpp/libraries/c-runtime-packages-desktop-bridge
You may want to check that link for updates and substitute the URL for the latest one. This version is current as of 11/2/2023.
* Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx -outfile Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx # downloads the file
* Add-AppxPackage Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx # installs it

#2: Microsoft.UI.Xaml
Go to https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.UI.Xaml/
Look for a link that says “Download Package (##.## MB)”, download it.
Rename the file to .zip
Extract the .appx file from tools\AppX\x64\Release (in this case it’s “Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8.appx”).
Step to install the version downloaded above after extraction, modify for updates:
* Add-AppxPackage Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8.appx

#3: The terminal package from https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases?WT.mc_id=modinfra-26926-thmaure
Find the version you want there, I went with “latest”. Go into that (clicking the green box that says “latest” next to the version takes you there). Scroll down to the downloads section and right-click copy the link to the msixbundle. Doing this will eliminate reliance on hard-links to specific versions.
* Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/download/v1.18.2822.0/Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.18.2822.0_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle -outfile Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.18.2822.0_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle
# Note: -outfile parameter is the downloaded file’s name, just remove the part from the URL up to last “/”, so only the filename is left.
* Add-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.18.2822.0_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle

This should work like a champ with little-to-no head scratching.

We have a read only DMZ domain controller running on Windows server 2012 R2.
We need to upgrade the server to Windows server 2019 Datacenter.
The problem is that we don’t know to to do that.
We have mounted a disk in vmware and now we just need to know the command to start the instalation.
Can you help us?

Kind regards,

Sjoerd

What i have had to do is follow what a lot of people reporting issues with Azure Automation and this same issue. I removed Az.Accounts down to version 2.6.0. Im not sure if that, or a further reboot resolved it all, but once i was there, I could deploy my cluster.

Also, you say here that your host has 32GB of RAM. I ran into issues with only 32GB RAM when i tried to deploy the AKS Cluster via WAC. When it tried to validate the environment, it told me it needed 16GB of RAM free to get any further. With the AKS Control Plane instance consuming 8GB RAM and several tabs open locally on the server, it was difficult to get that free. I ended up sticking more RAM in the PC.

super late and you may have solved it already, but i just had to say something; you entered it twice — you entered:

iex “& { $(irm https://aka.ms/install-powershell.ps1) } -UseMSI”iex “& { $(irm https://aka.ms/install-powershell.ps1) } -UseMSI”

you need to enter:

iex “& { $(irm https://aka.ms/install-powershell.ps1) } -UseMSI”

thanks!