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Dedicated support for the WiX toolset. Install with confidence.
WiX Online Meeting 308 Highlights
www.firegiant.com/blog/2026/6/...
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WiX Online Meeting 308 Highlights | FireGiant
Our fortune continues this month: We have only a few issues reported and none indicate an incoming storm of fallout from the release of WiX v7 back in April. We'll count it as skill more than luck, but...
https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2026/6/17/wix-online-meeting-308-highlights/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
about 1 month ago
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WiX Online Meeting 307 Highlights
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WiX Online Meeting 307 Highlights | FireGiant
We held our last meeting a week early so it's been five weeks between meetings. It took a little bit to get back into the groove of things. Luckily, we had a relatively small number of bugs and none that...
https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2026/5/20/wix-online-meeting-307-highlights/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
2 months ago
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WiX Online Meeting 306 Highlights
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WiX Online Meeting 306 Highlights | FireGiant
WiX v7 was released on schedule and we're enjoying spring weather with occasional April showers bringing May WiX v8 features. Or later, because our next milestone is WiX v8.0.0-rc.1 in ten months. Pick...
https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2026/4/8/wix-online-meeting-306-highlights/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
3 months ago
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WiX v7, HeatWave, and HeatWave Build Tools are released
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WiX v7, HeatWave, and HeatWave Build Tools are released | FireGiant
Spring is here and warmer, wetter weather brings us new releases. First up is WiX v7, which we might've mentioned occasionally. As we love the opportunity to simultaneously ship software, we're also bringing...
https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2026/4/6/wix-v7-heatwave-and-heatwave-build-tools-are-released/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
3 months ago
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WiX Online Meeting 305 Highlights
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WiX Online Meeting 305 Highlights | FireGiant
Today we held our last meeting before the (scheduled) release of WiX v7 on 6-April. There were no ship-stopping issues for us to triage—but it's not too late to find a bug that sounds so bad it spikes...
https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2026/3/18/wix-online-meeting-305-highlights/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
4 months ago
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WiX v7.0.0-rc.2 is here
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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...
https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2026/3/5/wix-v700-rc2-is-here/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
5 months ago
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WiX Online Meeting 304 Highlights
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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...
https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2026/2/18/wix-online-meeting-304-highlights/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
5 months ago
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WiX v7.0.0-rc.1 is here
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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.
https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2026/2/6/wix-v700-rc1-is-here/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
5 months ago
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Deployment Dojo S2E9: The Great Delete
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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.
https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2026/1/28/deployment-dojo-s2e9-the-great-delete/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
6 months ago
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WiX Online Meeting 303 Highlights
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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...
https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2026/1/21/wix-online-meeting-303-highlights/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
6 months ago
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Deployment Dojo S2E8: Auditing Targets – Putting the Pieces Together (Part 1)
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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...
https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/12/31/deployment-dojo-s2e8-auditing-targets-putting-the-pieces-together-part-1/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
7 months ago
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WiX Online Meeting 302 Highlights
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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,...
https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/12/17/wix-online-meeting-302-highlights/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
7 months ago
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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!
7 months ago
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Deployment Dojo S2E7: Inputs and Outputs - Introducing Incremental Build
www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/11...
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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...
https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/11/26/deployment-dojo-s2e7-msbuild-inputs-outputs/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
8 months ago
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WiX Online Meeting 301 Highlights
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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...
https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/11/19/wix-online-meeting-301-highlights/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
8 months ago
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WiX Online Meeting 301 is starting right now. Join us live or later at:
www.youtube.com/@wixtoolset/
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WiX Toolset
The most powerful set of tools available to create your Windows installation experience.
https://www.youtube.com/@wixtoolset/
8 months ago
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Deployment Dojo S2E6: Batching - For Loops and Follies
www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/10...
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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.
https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/10/29/deployment-dojo-s2e6-msbuild-batching/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
9 months ago
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Deployment Dojo S2E5: Metadata — Objects, Collections, and a Dash of Chaos
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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.
https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/10/22/deployment-dojo-s2e5-msbuild-metadata/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
9 months ago
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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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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…
https://youtu.be/Gw9tTrahStU
9 months ago
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WiX Online Meeting 300 Highlights
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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...
https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/10/15/wix-online-meeting-300-highlights/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
9 months ago
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WiX Online Meeting 300 starting in 30 minutes.
www.youtube.com/@wixtoolset
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WiX Toolset
The most powerful set of tools available to create your Windows installation experience.
https://www.youtube.com/@wixtoolset
9 months ago
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Deployment Dojo S2E4: Conditions – On, Off, and Everything In Between
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https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/10/8/deployment-dojo-s2e4-msbuild-conditions/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
9 months ago
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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.
account.firegiant.com/meetings
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FireGiant Online Meetings
https://account.firegiant.com/meetings
10 months ago
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WiX Online Meeting 299 Highlights
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https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/9/17/wix-online-meeting-299-highlights/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
10 months ago
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WiX v6.0.2 has been released
www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/8/...
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https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/8/28/wix-v602-has-been-released/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
11 months ago
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WiX Online Meeting 298 Highlights
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https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/8/20/wix-online-meeting-298-highlights/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
11 months ago
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Deployment Dojo S2E3: Introducing Imports in MSBuild Projects
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https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/7/30/deployment-dojo-s2e3-msbuild-imports/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
12 months ago
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WiX Online Meeting 297 Highlights
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https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/7/16/wix-online-meeting-297-highlights/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
about 1 year ago
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Deployment Dojo S2E2: Stay on target
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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....
https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/6/25/deployment-dojo-s2e2-msbuild-targets/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
about 1 year ago
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WiX Online Meeting 296 Highlights
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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...
https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/6/18/wix-online-meeting-296-highlights/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
about 1 year ago
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WiX v6.0.1 has been released
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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.
https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/6/5/wix-v601-has-been-released/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
about 1 year ago
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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.
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about 1 year ago
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Deployment Dojo S2E1: MSBuild Basics the Property, Item, Target
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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...
https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/5/28/deployment-dojo-s2e1-msbuild-basics-the-property-item-target/?utm_source=firegiant.com&utm_medium=Rss
about 1 year ago
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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/...
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WiX v6.0.0 available | FireGiant
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 ...
https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2025/4/7/wix-v600-available/
over 1 year ago
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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.
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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…
https://blog.www-firegiant-com.pages.dev/blog/2025/2/12/wix-v600-rc1-is-in/
over 1 year ago
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