MicrosoftAndyH16We also have previously purchased the HEVC codec app in the Business Store. Loosing the ability to purchase apps will undoubtedly cause a problem for our enterprise at some point in time in the future. Because we are a State Government enterprise, we had a system setup in the Business Store where we could purchase the app and then bill back the appropriate agency for the purchase, and then the app was owned by them. We would manage the app by assigning it to the appropriate user(s) from that billed agency. The Business Store made managing purchased, (and free), apps functional. But now I don't know how purchasing apps will be functional. I suspect it's only a matter of time and other (non free) apps will be requested by one of our agencies. We no longer have the ability to purchase apps from the Business Store and it doesn't seem functional for us to contact someone to accomplish what was a simple task we could do ourselves inside the Business Store. Personally, my feelings are it would be easier if we could block the Store from showing up or functioning at all, then we wouldn't need to deal with it anymore. That won't happen, so it would be tremendously helpful if Microsoft would publish clear guidance on how enterprises are supposed to purchase and manage those apps. I'm hopeful as time goes by that things will become clearer on how to manage/purchase apps from the Store in an enterprise where you need to control what shows up in the Store and what apps are allowed.
