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Stop auto install Microsoft Store apps
Hi, Does anybody know a manner to stop downloading/ installing all the apps from the Microsoft Store as soon as an user logs in to the store (Xbox, Skype, CodeWriter etc)? I`m doing some testing...
Peter
Do you use Windows Store for Business, we have this and enforce a policy from intone which will only display your private store.
You can also send uninstall commands from Intune which will remove these apps pretty instantly upon first logon.
John
Do you use Windows Store for Business, we have this and enforce a policy from intone which will only display your private store.
You can also send uninstall commands from Intune which will remove these apps pretty instantly upon first logon.
John
Thanks for your reply John Guy
No at this moment we don`t use the Business Store. If you we use the Business Store and only display this store, will that prevent all the other apps from installing?
And how do you send those uninstall commands? Setup a Windows Store app and assign it as Not applicable? Or do you add this app to your Business Store, sync to Intune and set as uninstall?
Thanks again
- I am not sure about it stopping installing other apps, we definitely saw an improvement.
We added the app to our Business store, synced to Intune and then send and assign the app with the action "Uninstall"
We found the uninstall request from the mdm actioned before it downloaded the bloatware.- Seems to work for me. I now realize there are a lot of unwanted apps.
Strange thing is all apps are uninstalled but after a while Code Writer and Sway are installed again. Maybe because of Windows updates or something?
Have you noticed any difference in assigning the uninstall to user or device groups?