PKG-installer for macOS

[janparttimaa]

Visual Studio Code is popular tool for many developers on many organizations. Therefore, it would be great if Microsoft can offer PKG-installer of Visual Studio Code for macOS so MDM-admins can easily deploy Visual Studio Code for managed macOS-devices via JAMF or Intune.

Right now as Microsoft doesn't offer PKG-installer of the Visual Studio Code, MDM-admins cannot put the application being available into Company Portal and many companies doesn't allow Mac-users to install applications using admin rights for obvious reasons so PKG-installer would bring possibility to bring Visual Studio Code available to non-admin users for example into Company Portal.

Other applications from Microsoft are offered right now using PKG-installer such as Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Defender and PowerShell so why Visual Studio Code is not offered using PKG-installer?

Also, as an administrator that needs to be able to safely and securely distribute software to developers, I would like to request that all PKG-installers of Visual Studio Code for macOS that might be available, would follow Apple standard guidelines for safely distributing software and begin notarizing and stapling all PKGs.

• https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/notarizing_macos_software_before_distribution
• https://developer.apple.com/documentation/notaryapi
• https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/notarizing_macos_software_before_distribution/customizing_the_notarization_workflow

Many security and automation tools check for notarization (as well as macOS itself during a manual install) in order to ensure the integrity and safety of a package before its run.

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[jim-nitterauer]

Would seem like Microsoft and every other vendor providing MacOS software should be making a PKG-installer as part of their normal release options. Why make it harder to IT admins to do their job efficiently?

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Happy Coding!

[jim-nitterauer]

Thanks!

[janparttimaa]

These guys might help you with creating official PKG-installer: https://macadmins.software/slack.html