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StuartK73
Iron Contributor
May 19, 2020

Change from iOS Public Store apps to VPP apps

Hi All   Does anyone have experience of changing from iOS Public Store apps to VPP apps on either "in use" or enrolled devices or BYOD devices that may already have Public Store app(s) installed su...
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eglockling
Iron Contributor
May 19, 2020

StuartK73  You may not need to set the Public Store app to uninstall if you will be overtaking it with a VPP copy; removing the assignment may be sufficient. Are your iOS/iPadOS devices Supervised?

 

There is also a Microsoft Roadmap feature that might help with this:

Microsoft Intune management of user-installed apps on iOS

https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/microsoft-365/roadmap?featureid=51715

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    StuartK73
    Iron Contributor
    May 19, 2020

    eglockling 

     

    Oh excellent. What about just deleting the iOS Public Store Apps from the portal? Any negative effects?

     

    Thanks very much on the Road Map link. I really should look at this more often!!!

     

    Regards

    • AndrewTunney1970's avatar
      AndrewTunney1970
      Copper Contributor
      Jan 12, 2023
      StuartK73 - did you ever get a reply to this query?

      I have a similar situation & was wondering the same as yourself.

      Regards, Andrew.

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