At Pckgr, we’re excited to roll out a brand-new feature designed to provide even more stability and control over your application deployments: Private Hosted Applications. This exclusive feature is available to customers on our Business plan and higher-tier custom device plans, offering a premium alternative to our core Winget-based deployments.

What Are Private Hosted Applications?

Private Hosted Applications leverage Pckgr’s secure infrastructure to host a wide variety of third-party application installers. By directly hosting these packages, Pckgr eliminates external dependencies, giving you a more stable, reliable, and controlled deployment experience, fully optimized for integration with Microsoft Intune.

Key Features of Private Hosted Applications

• Pckgr-Hosted Installers: Say goodbye to broken vendor URLs or reliance on external repositories. Pckgr securely hosts and manages installers directly on its infrastructure for seamless deployments.
• No External Dependencies: Unlike Winget-based deployments, Private Hosted Applications rely solely on Pckgr’s infrastructure, reducing the risk of failures due to external factors.
• Intune Optimization: These applications are packaged as Win32 applications and integrate smoothly with Microsoft Intune, supporting Microsoft Delivery Optimization for faster, more efficient content delivery.
• Diverse Application Library: From widely-used business tools to niche software, Pckgr’s private repository continues to expand, catering to all types of deployment needs.

Why Choose Private Hosted Applications?

Greater Stability and Control

With Private Hosted Applications, you are in complete control. Since Pckgr manages and hosts the installers, the risks associated with public repositories—such as broken URLs or delayed availability—are eliminated. Your deployments become more reliable and consistent.

Faster Response Times

With Private Hosted Applications, we can provide faster response times for any package-related issues. Since the applications are hosted directly on our infrastructure, we have full control over the deployment process, allowing us to quickly address any problems that arise, whether it’s a version update, installation error, or other issue—ensuring minimal downtime and maximum reliability for your deployments.

Schedule Delayed Updates

Private Hosted Applications allow for more control around scheduling updates. Delay new updates for up to 4 days, allowing time to revoke the deployment if any issues are found.

No Vanity URL Risks

Winget-based deployments can sometimes be disrupted by changes to vanity URLs. With Private Hosted Applications, this issue is removed entirely, as Pckgr maintains complete control over the hosting environment.

Complementing Winget-Based Deployments

While Winget-based deployments will always remain a core part of Pckgr’s offering, providing fast, secure access to thousands of applications, Private Hosted Applications offer a premium, enhanced option for those who need greater stability and control. Together, these two features ensure that Pckgr offers a flexible, robust solution for all deployment scenarios.

A Growing Library of Applications

The Pckgr private repository is constantly expanding to include more third-party applications, ranging from common business tools to more niche software. Whether your needs are mainstream or specialized, Pckgr ensures these applications are always available for deployment when you need them.

Microsoft Delivery Optimization

Private Hosted Applications fully support Microsoft Delivery Optimization, allowing for efficient peer-to-peer content sharing, which can greatly reduce bandwidth consumption, especially in large or remote environments.

Available for Business Plan Customers

Private Hosted Applications are available to customers on the Business plan and higher-tier custom device plans. With this feature, you get access to Pckgr’s secure repository, along with regular updates and maintenance of your hosted applications—all handled by Pckgr.

Why Private Hosted Applications?

• Reliability: Your applications are always available—securely hosted by Pckgr without relying on third-party vendors.
• Increased Stability: Eliminate external repository issues for a smoother, more predictable deployment experience.
• Fully Managed: Pckgr manages everything, ensuring that your applications are always up to date, tested, and secure.
• Premium Alternative to Winget: For those who need enhanced control or specific versioning, Private Hosted Applications are a premium alternative, though Winget remains an option for maximum flexibility.