PowerShell · Justin Chung (jshigetomi) · Sep 11, 2026 · Sep 3, 2026 · Sep 3, 2026 · Sep 3, 2026
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <ProductDescription language="en-us" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/2012/ProductDescription" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en-us" Release="">
-  <AppStoreName _locID="PowerShell-Private">
-    <!-- This is optional.  AppStoreName is typically extracted from your package's AppxManifest DisplayName property. -->
-    <!-- Uncomment (and localize) this Store name if your application package does not contain a localization for the DisplayName in this language. -->
-    <!-- Leaving this uncommented for a language that your application package DOES contain a DisplayName for will result in a submission failure with the API. -->
-    <!-- _locComment_text="{MaxLength=200} App AppStoreName" -->
-    <!-- Dev Home -->
-  </AppStoreName>
   <Keywords>
     <!-- Valid length: 30 character limit, up to 7 elements -->
     <Keyword _locID="App_keyword1">
@@ -51,23 +44,9 @@ PowerShell is Open Source.  See https://github.com/powershell/powershell </Descr
     <!-- _locComment_text="{MaxLength=255} App DevStudio" -->
   </DevStudio>
   <ReleaseNotes _locID="App_ReleaseNotes">
-    <!-- _locComment_text="{MaxLength=1500} {Locked=__VERSION_NUMBER__} App Release Note" -->Please see our GitHub releases page for additional details.</ReleaseNotes>
-  <ScreenshotCaptions>
-    <!-- Valid length: 200 character limit, up to 9 elements per platform -->
-    <!-- Valid attributes: any of DesktopImage, MobileImage, XboxImage, SurfaceHubImage, and HoloLensImage -->
-  </ScreenshotCaptions>
-  <AdditionalAssets>
-    <!-- Valid elements:-->
-    <!--   HeroImage414x180, HeroImage846x468, HeroImage558x756, HeroImage414x468, HeroImage558x558, HeroImage2400x1200,-->
-    <!--   ScreenshotWXGA, ScreenshotHD720, ScreenshotWVGA, Doublewide, Panoramic, Square,-->
-    <!--   SmallMobileTile, SmallXboxLiveTile, LargeMobileTile, LargeXboxLiveTile, Tile,-->
-    <!--   DesktopIcon, Icon (use this value for the 1:1 300x300 pixels logo), AchievementIcon,-->
-    <!--   ChallengePromoIcon, RewardDisplayIcon, Icon150X150, Icon71X71,-->
-    <!--   BoxArt, BrandedKeyArt, PosterArt, FeaturedPromotionalArt, PromotionalArt16x9, TitledHeroArt-->
-    <!-- There is no content for any of these elements, just a single attribute called FileName. -->
-  </AdditionalAssets>
-  <Trailers>
-  </Trailers>
+    <!-- _locComment_text="{MaxLength=1500} {Locked=___VERSION___}{Locked=___CHANGELOGLINK___} App Release Note" -->Version: ___VERSION___
+
+Changelog: ___CHANGELOGLINK___</ReleaseNotes>
   <AppFeatures>
     <!-- Valid length: 200 character limit, up to 20 elements -->
     <AppFeature _locID="App_feature1">

@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
       "qps-ploca",
       "qps-plocm"
     ],
-    "MediaRootPath": "",
-    "MediaFallbackLanguage": "en-US",
     "PackagePath": [],
     "OutPath": "",
     "OutName": "",

@@ -57,19 +57,16 @@ jobs:
         # Define app configurations for each channel
         $channelConfigs = @{
           'LTS' = @{
-            AppStoreName = 'PowerShell-LTS'
             ProductId = '$(productId-LTS)'
             AppId = '$(AppID-LTS)'
             ServiceEndpoint = "StoreAppPublish-Stable"
           }
           'Stable' = @{
-            AppStoreName = 'PowerShell'
             ProductId = '$(productId-Stable)'
             AppId = '$(AppID-Stable)'
             ServiceEndpoint = "StoreAppPublish-Stable"
           }
           'Preview' = @{
-            AppStoreName = 'PowerShell (Preview)'
             ProductId = '$(productId-Preview)'
             AppId = '$(AppID-Preview)'
             ServiceEndpoint = "StoreAppPublish-Preview"
@@ -100,36 +97,8 @@ jobs:
 
         $config = $channelConfigs[$currentChannel]
         Write-Verbose -Verbose "Selected channel: $currentChannel"
-        Write-Verbose -Verbose "App Store Name: $($config.AppStoreName)"
         Write-Verbose -Verbose "Product ID: $($config.ProductId)"
 
-        # Update PDP.xml file
-        $pdpPath = '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/PowerShell/.pipelines/store/PDPs/PDP/en-US/PDP.xml'
-        if (Test-Path $pdpPath) {
-          Write-Verbose -Verbose "Updating PDP file: $pdpPath"
-
-          [xml]$pdpXml = Get-Content $pdpPath -Raw
-
-          # Create namespace manager for XML with default namespace
-          $nsManager = New-Object System.Xml.XmlNamespaceManager($pdpXml.NameTable)
-          $nsManager.AddNamespace("pd", "http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/2012/ProductDescription")
-
-          $appStoreNameElement = $pdpXml.SelectSingleNode("//pd:AppStoreName", $nsManager)
-          if ($appStoreNameElement) {
-            $appStoreNameElement.SetAttribute("_locID", $config.AppStoreName)
-            Write-Verbose -Verbose "Updated AppStoreName _locID to: $($config.AppStoreName)"
-          } else {
-            Write-Warning "AppStoreName element not found in PDP file"
-          }
-
-          $pdpXml.Save($pdpPath)
-          Write-Verbose -Verbose "PDP file updated successfully"
-          Get-Content -Path $pdpPath | Write-Verbose -Verbose
-        } else {
-          Write-Error "PDP file not found: $pdpPath"
-          exit 1
-        }
-
         # Update SBConfig.json file
         $sbConfigPath = '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/PowerShell/.pipelines/store/SBConfig.json'
         if (Test-Path $sbConfigPath) {
@@ -190,7 +159,7 @@ jobs:
 
         Write-Verbose -Verbose "Variables set successfully"
       name: UpdateConfigs
-      displayName: Update PDPs and SBConfig.json
+      displayName: Update SBConfig.json and Store Variables
 
     - pwsh: |
         Write-Verbose -Verbose "Checking variables after UpdateConfigs:"
@@ -209,7 +178,8 @@ jobs:
         contents: '*.msixBundle'
         outSBName: 'PowerShellStorePackage'
         pdpPath: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/PowerShell/.pipelines/store/PDPs/PDP'
-        pdpMediaPath: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/PowerShell/.pipelines/store/PDPs/PDP-Media'
+        # StoreBroker v3 requires a media root with a PDP root, even when the PDP has no media.
+        pdpMediaPath: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/PowerShell/.pipelines/store/PDPs/PDP'
 
     - task: MS-RDX-MRO.windows-store-publish.package-task.store-package@3
       displayName: 'Create StoreBroker Package (Stable/LTS)'
@@ -221,7 +191,8 @@ jobs:
         contents: '*.msixBundle'
         outSBName: 'PowerShellStorePackage'
         pdpPath: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/PowerShell/.pipelines/store/PDPs/PDP'
-        pdpMediaPath: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/PowerShell/.pipelines/store/PDPs/PDP-Media'
+        # StoreBroker v3 requires a media root with a PDP root, even when the PDP has no media.
+        pdpMediaPath: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/PowerShell/.pipelines/store/PDPs/PDP'
 
     - pwsh: |
         $outputDirectory = "$(ob_outputDirectory)"

@@ -52,23 +52,42 @@ jobs:
         }
 
         $endURL = $tagString -replace '^v','' -replace '\.',''
-        $message = "Changelog: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/master/CHANGELOG/$middleURL.md#$endURL"
+        $changelogLink = "https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/master/CHANGELOG/$middleURL.md#$endURL"
         Write-Verbose -Verbose "Release Notes for the Store:"
-        Write-Verbose -Verbose "$message"
         $jsonPath = "$(Pipeline.Workspace)\SBOutDir\PowerShellStorePackage.json"
         $json = Get-Content $jsonPath -Raw | ConvertFrom-Json
 
-        $json.listings.'en-us'.baseListing.releaseNotes = $message
+        $releaseNoteVariables = @{
+          '___VERSION___' = $tagString
+          '___CHANGELOGLINK___' = $changelogLink
+        }
+
+        $listingProperties = @($json.listings.PSObject.Properties)
+        if ($listingProperties.Count -eq 0) {
+          throw "Store listings are missing from '$jsonPath'."
+        }
 
-        # Add PowerShell version to the top of the description
-        $description = $json.listings.'en-us'.baseListing.description
-        $version = "$(ReleaseTag)"
-        $updatedDescription = "Version: $version`n`n$description"
-        $json.listings.'en-us'.baseListing.description = $updatedDescription
-        Write-Verbose -Verbose "Updated description: $updatedDescription"
+        foreach ($listingProperty in $listingProperties) {
+          $language = $listingProperty.Name
+          $releaseNotes = $listingProperty.Value.baseListing.releaseNotes
+          if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($releaseNotes)) {
+            throw "Store release notes for '$language' are missing from '$jsonPath'."
+          }
+
+          foreach ($placeholder in $releaseNoteVariables.Keys) {
+            if (-not $releaseNotes.Contains($placeholder)) {
+              throw "Store release notes for '$language' do not contain the required placeholder '$placeholder'."
+            }
+            $releaseNotes = $releaseNotes.Replace($placeholder, $releaseNoteVariables[$placeholder])
+          }
+
+          $listingProperty.Value.baseListing.releaseNotes = $releaseNotes
+          Write-Verbose -Verbose "Release notes for '$language':"
+          Write-Verbose -Verbose $releaseNotes
+        }
 
         $json | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 100 | Set-Content $jsonPath -Encoding UTF8
-    displayName: 'Add Changelog Link and Version Number to SBJSON'
+    displayName: 'Set Store Release Note Variables'
 
   - task: PowerShell@2
     condition: or(eq(variables['LTS'], 'true'), eq(variables['STABLE'], 'true'), eq(variables['PREVIEW'], 'true'))

@@ -25,6 +25,19 @@
 
   <Resources>
     <Resource Language="en-US"/>
+    <Resource Language="cs"/>
+    <Resource Language="de"/>
+    <Resource Language="es"/>
+    <Resource Language="fr"/>
+    <Resource Language="it"/>
+    <Resource Language="ja"/>
+    <Resource Language="ko"/>
+    <Resource Language="pl"/>
+    <Resource Language="pt-BR"/>
+    <Resource Language="ru"/>
+    <Resource Language="tr"/>
+    <Resource Language="zh-Hans"/>
+    <Resource Language="zh-Hant"/>
   </Resources>
 
   <Applications>