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Before this, the way to publish a Store app (rather than just a link) was by connecting the Microsoft Store for Business. ( https://businessstore.microsoft.com/en-us/store ) to Intune. Until recently, the Store for Business also had a wonderful feature for purchasing and managing App licenses. At the moment, I need to buy more licenses for WinFTP, which not only supported their "free" and open-source project, but meant they managed their app updates for us.
Jason_Sandys
Microsoft
MicrosoftNot really. Purchasing/licensing apps via the store for bus/ed was retired 18+ months ago because there was no significant usage whatsoever. Thus, as elegant as it was conceptually, almost no one used it and that non-usage did not justify our continued investment in that feature. Additionally, as with many of our services, many/most third-party applications meant for commercial customers have adopted a subscription model which the licensing method through the store for bus/ed did not support. Thus, we made a business decision not to continue supporting this model. How each vendor will or does handle this is up to them and you need to contact them directly for options.