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WiX v7.0.0-rc.2 is here | FireGiant A month after shipping WiX v7.0.0-rc.1, WiX v7.0.0-rc.2 is now out. We're a month out from WiX v7.0.0 shipping, so now's your chance: Download it, use it—it's an easy job to upgrade—and report any...

WiX v7.0.0-rc.2 is here

WiX Online Meeting 304 Highlights | FireGiant Normally we do new-issue triage first, then do review of issues pending for our next release. Today, Rob reversed the order and it took me a good 20 minutes to get over it. Or did I? Either way, we talked...

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WiX v7.0.0-rc.1 is here | FireGiant For the third year in a row, we're shipping a new WiX release candidate for your packaging business and pleasure. Download it, use it—it's an easy job to upgrade—and report any bugs you discover.

WiX v7.0.0-rc.1 is here www.firegiant.com/blog/2026/2/...

Deployment Dojo S2E9: The Great Delete | FireGiant Sometimes lessons don't come from perfect demos. Sometimes the lessons come from mistakes. Big mistakes. Catastrophic mistakes. This episode happens to be one of those.

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WiX Online Meeting 303 Highlights | FireGiant Since our last meeting, winter has settled in here in the northern hemisphere. Personally, I'm not a fan. It's cold, which brings the need for gloves and hats. It's snowy and icy, which means boots and...

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Deployment Dojo S2E8: Auditing Targets – Putting the Pieces Together (Part 1) | FireGiant This was a great episode to finish out the year. We use everything we've learned this season to build something real. As always we encounter some surprises and use those moments to learn more and solidify...

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WiX Online Meeting 302 Highlights | FireGiant We are well into winter here in the northern hemisphere—even though it's not technically winter for a few more days. In the Pacific Northwest, winter is wet, especially this year. Here in Michigan,...

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WiX Online Meeting 302 Live Now

We'll be reviewing WiX v7's final list of issues. There's only a bit over a month until WiX v7-rc.1.

See you there!

Deployment Dojo S2E7: Inputs and Outputs - Introducing Incremental Build | FireGiant In this episode, we use everything we've learned over the last couple of months to avoid doing work. It takes a lot of mistakes but that's still one of the best ways to really learn the ins and outs of...

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WiX Online Meeting 301 Highlights | FireGiant In the week leading up to Thanksgiving here in the United States, I'm looking forward to a traditional Thanksgiving meal of pizza, Chinese takeout, and pumpkin pie. Hey, you have your traditions, I have...

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WiX Toolset The most powerful set of tools available to create your Windows installation experience.

WiX Online Meeting 301 is starting right now.

Join us live or later at: www.youtube.com/@wixtoolset/

Deployment Dojo S2E6: Batching - For Loops and Follies | FireGiant In this episode, we dig into batching: MSBuild's for loop. We finally apply our new MSBuild knowledge to work and I find a way to delete my project. It's a good time.

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Deployment Dojo S2E5: Metadata — Objects, Collections, and a Dash of Chaos | FireGiant Episode 5 steps into intermediate MSBuild territory with item metadata. We explore the attributes that slice and dice our collections of objects and unlock MSBuild's more advanced behaviors.

Deployment Dojo S2E5: Metadata — Objects, Collections, and a Dash of Chaos

MSBuild In Depth: Metadata | Deployment Dojo S2E5 _Want your own dojo time?_ Train 1:1 with Rob: https://www.firegiant.com/services/consultation/?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Display&utm_campaign=dojo&utm_content=s2e5 00:00 Welcome 01:30 Kata…

Premier of Deployment Dojo | Season 2 Episode 5 - Metadata

Did you know I watch these when they go up live? You can chat with me about the episode while it's first showing. Well, you can. Join me now and we'll watch it together.

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WiX Online Meeting 300 Highlights | FireGiant I missed September's WiX Online Meeting because some of my internal organs decided to assert their dominance and we needed extended negotiations about who's in charge. But now I'm back, just in time to...

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WiX Toolset The most powerful set of tools available to create your Windows installation experience.

WiX Online Meeting 300 starting in 30 minutes.

www.youtube.com/@wixtoolset

Deployment Dojo S2E4: Conditions – On, Off, and Everything In Between www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/10...

FireGiant Online Meetings

Monthly FireGiant Office Hours are today at 10:30 AM PDT

If you're a FireGiant customer, join today's office hours to ask your burning questions.

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WiX Online Meeting 299 Highlights www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/9/...

WiX v6.0.2 has been released www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/8/...

WiX Online Meeting 298 Highlights www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/8/...

Deployment Dojo S2E3: Introducing Imports in MSBuild Projects www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/7/...

WiX Online Meeting 297 Highlights www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/7/...

Deployment Dojo S2E2: Stay on target | FireGiant The FireGiant Cinematic Universe added another character to the Deployment Dojo in Episode 2, the one and only Bob Arnson. David was away on business so Bob stepped in for our lesson on MSBuild Targets....

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WiX Online Meeting 296 Highlights | FireGiant It's summer here in the Northern Hemisphere and the angry day star is making things hot and sweaty. A great alternative is staying in an air-conditioned office fixing bugs and adding features to your...

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WiX v6.0.1 has been released | FireGiant As you might have heard, WiX v6.0.1 is coming out and its coming out day is today. WiX v6.0.1 is now available for your packaging pleasure.

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Deployment Dojo Season 2 Episode 2 is tomorrow at 10:30 AM PDT on the FireGiant YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/@firegiantco

If you missed Episode 1, here is a 20s summary. Watch the full reply on our channel.

Deployment Dojo S2E1: MSBuild Basics the Property, Item, Target | FireGiant Whoo! I'm so happy to be back in the Deployment Dojo. Season 2 is here and we will be exploring MSBuild. That may be a bit of a surprise but setup development often requires working closely with the build...

Deployment Dojo S2E1: MSBuild Basics the Property, Item, Target www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/5/...

WiX v6.0.0 is now available. Update your .wixproj files, load up the WiX CLI package on your favorite build machine, and update the .NET tool installation if you have one. And if you make money using WiX, take note of the new Open Source Maintenance Fee.

www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/4/...

WiX v6.0.0-rc.1 is in | FireGiant WiX v6.0.0-rc.1, the first release candidate of the second release of our annual release cadence, is now available for your packaging business and pleasure. Download it, use it—it's an easy job to…

WiX v6.0.0-rc.1, the first release candidate of the second release of our annual release cadence, is now available. Download it, use it—it's an easy job to switch from WiX v4 and WiX v5—and report any bugs you discover.