Microsoft Store for Business will reach its end of life in the first quarter of 2023. This page answers important questions about the deprecation and the road ahead.
Frequently Asked Questions
You will be able to use Intune and other unified endpoint
management solutions to set up application catalogs for your
users. The catalogs can include both public apps from the new
Microsoft Store, as well as private apps from private
repositories. In all cases, the Windows Package Manager (a.k.a.
"winget") is used to manage and update the applications on
users' systems.
They can do so via the Company Portal app if you are using
Intune, or similar tools from other UEM solutions.
Microsoft's original announcement
says that paid apps will not be supported. However, the
flexibility of their offering actually will make it possible.
There are two approaches: Software vendors can make their apps
free in the store, but then charge users inside the application.
This is what Netflix does, for example. Alternatively, paid apps
can be distributed through private repositories such as
winget.pro.
You can still manage your licenses until the Store for Business
is deprecated in 2023. After this date, your software will
remain on your devices but you will no longer be able to
re-assign licenses. You may get in touch with your software
vendor to enquire if they have a more flexible solution.
HEVC is now available on Microsoft's Volume Licensing Service
Center.
Do you have another question?
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