When are Chocolatey repositories going to be updated with the latest Storage Explorer?

JohnSebastian-3934 371

Version 1.25.1 has been the highest version of Azure Storage Explorer in Chocolatey Community Repository for quite some time. When is someone from Microsoft going to update this software? We use Chocolatey and Ansible to push software packages to Windows machines across our complex.

Prrudram-MSFT 24,546 Reputation points

2023-03-02T09:33:42.9866667+00:00

@JohnSebastian-3934

Checking with internal teams, I will get back with an answer to your question.
Prrudram-MSFT 24,546 Reputation points

2023-03-11T14:49:30.4533333+00:00

Hi @JohnSebastian-3934

The support policy and lifecycle for Azure Storage Explorer is described in the following article:
https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-explorer-support-policy-lifecycle#releases

According to the table in the article, version 1.25.1 was released on August 12, 2022, and will be supported until August 12, 2023.
It is not specified in the article when the next version of Azure Storage Explorer will be released. However, you can check the official Azure Storage Explorer repository on GitHub for updates:
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureStorageExplorer

https://github.com/Microsoft/AzureStorageExplorer/releases/tag/v1.28.1

For any further queries or concerns, you can reach out to Azure Storage technical support team.
JohnSebastian-3934 371 Reputation points

2023-03-13T13:53:22.86+00:00

This does not answer my question. I am asking when the Development Team is going to provide the current version to the public Chocolatey Repositories for deployment by customers who use the Chocolatey Package Manager to deploy Azure Storage Explorer. Noone at Microsoft has updated the public Chocolatey Repo with the latest version of Azure Storage Explorer. The highest version available for deployment from the Chocolatey Public Repo is 1.25 which is highly out of date at this point in time.
JohnSebastian-3934 371 Reputation points

2023-03-13T18:32:30.48+00:00

It does appear that someone at Microsoft has recently updated the Chocolatey Public Repo as I now see that version 1.28.0 is available. For many months only version 1.25 was available from this repo while higher versions were available when I ran the software and it performed an update check. I would appreciate it if Microsoft Engineering team would keep the Chocolatey Public Repo up to date with releases in a timely manner.
Prrudram-MSFT 24,546 Reputation points

2023-03-13T18:36:31.1166667+00:00

@JohnSebastian-3934
I am glad to see you have found what you were looking for. I will pass on the feedback to the product team. Thanks for the update.
Sumarigo-MSFT 46,126 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-03-21T08:55:23.68+00:00

@JohnSebastian-3934 Just checking in to see if the above answer helped. If this answers your query, do click "Accept the answer” for the same, which might be beneficial to other community members reading this thread. And, if you have any further query do let us know.
JohnSebastian-3934 371 Reputation points

2023-03-21T14:47:33.96+00:00

My original question was not answered although I did find a newer version of Azure Storage Explorer posted in the Chocolatey Public Repo so that was helpful. The real question is: What is the schedule for updating the Chocolatey public repository with updates to the Azure Storage Explorer software by the Microsoft Development team? I now see that version 1.28.1 is available when I run Azure Storage Explorer however when I check what version is available in the Chocolatey Public repo, only version 1.28.0 is available there. I would like to know what schedule the Microsoft development team follow to post updates to this software to the Chocolatey public repo?
Sumarigo-MSFT 46,126 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-03-30T16:44:34.34+00:00

@JohnSebastian-3934 We do not maintain Storage Explorer in Chocolatey, it is done by a 3<sup>rd</sup> party. Therefore there is no schedule. Also as previously communicated, Chocolatey has steps on what you can do if a package is outdated.

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Sumarigo-MSFT 46,126 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-03-16T10:05:32.3166667+00:00

@JohnSebastian-3934 Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Forum, Thank you for posting this query!

We do not maintain Storage Explorer in Chocolatey, It's done by third party members of the community. Please refer to Chocolatey’s FAQ on what to do if a package is outdated.

If you have any additional questions or need further clarification, please let me know.

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