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I've converted an app using Microsoft's Desktop App Converter Here are the instructions I followed and I was able to install it just fine on a laptop running Windows 10. I then used Windows Configuration Designer to create a package to use to install it on the Surface Hub, but that fails to install on the Surface Hub. It says a 'Provisioning failure occurred".

I've tried converting multiple apps and none of them install on the Hub. Am I doing something wrong or does the Desktop App Converter just not work with the Surface Hub?

Thank you

Kevin
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You cannot install the app on the other devices, for now. It can run only on Windows 10 desktops (including the new Windows 10 S), not tablets (ARM based), phones, the Surface Hub or any other device from the Windows 10 ecosystem.

As the picture below shows, the Desktop Bridge is here to help you start migrating your app to a full universal version. Remember, you're still building your binaries as Win32/.NET resources, the only difference is that the Desktop Bridge helps you package them inside of an AppX instead of an MSI and allows you to access the UWP APIs (live tiles, etc..,), and of course get published in the Windows Store.

You can read more about the Desktop Bridge migration process and options on the Microsoft blogs.

Once you get to the final step, Reach All from the below picture, where the code from your app is all UWP, you can deploy your application on any Windows 10 device you want.

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Bogdan Mitrache
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    Yes,`Surface Hub only runs Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps. Apps created using the Desktop App Converter will not run on Surface Hub. See a list of apps that work with Surface Hub`,check [official document](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/surface-hub/install-apps-on-surface-hub). – Nico Zhu Jul 07 '17 at 08:06