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Evolving the Microsoft Store for Business and Education

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Joe_Lurie
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Jul 21, 2021
Editor's note: The retirement of the Microsoft Store for Business and the Microsoft Store for Education, originally scheduled for March 31, 2023, has been postponed. For the latest information on the...
Updated Mar 24, 2023
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JamesC95
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Jan 06, 2023

ScottKLeethe docs are here https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/apps/store-apps-microsoft

So far the preview looks good but 3 issues:

  1. I picked on a random app to 'move' to the new system (Microsoft Powertoys) to be told 'This app is not supported in preview.' So it looks like there are some undocumented restrictions here that are not obvious

  2. A lot of value in the Winget ecosystem is from the community repository. Being able to distribute apps from this as well as the MS store would be a game changer. There seems to be a lot of low-quality/clone apps in the MS Store, where offical versions are readily available in the community repository
  3. No way to check for updates. Since the MS store is blocked, Company Portal really needs this kind of functionality adding