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Expand Up @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ To build and register an identity package, follow these steps:

1. [Create a package manifest for the identity package](#create-a-package-manifest-for-the-identity-package)
2. [Build and sign the identity package](#build-and-sign-the-identity-package)
3. [Add identity metadata to your desktop application manifest](#add-identity-metadata-to-your-desktop-application-manifest)
3. [Add identity metadata to your desktop application manifests](#add-identity-metadata-to-your-desktop-application-manifests)
4. [Register the identity package in your installer](#register-the-identity-package-in-your-installer)

## Create a package manifest for the identity package
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Note: For how to build and sign the identity package within a CI/CD pipeline with production certificates, see the [MSIX and CI/CD Pipeline Overview](/windows/msix/desktop/cicd-overview) for examples.

### Add identity metadata to your desktop application manifest
### Add identity metadata to your desktop application manifests

You connect the identity package with your application executables by including [application manifests](/windows/win32/sbscs/application-manifests) (a.k.a side-by-side or fusion manifests) with metadata that matches metadata from the identity package manifest.

Below is an example [application manifest](/windows/win32/sbscs/application-manifests) snippet demonstrating the `msix` element required to connect your binaries with metadata from your identity package.
In Visual Studio, you can add an [application manifest](/windows/win32/sbscs/application-manifests) to an executable project by opening the **Project** context menu, and selecting **Add** > **New Item** > **Application Manifest File**.

Below is an example application manifest snippet demonstrating the `msix` element required to connect your binaries with metadata from your identity package.

```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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