Let’s try to understand How to Create Microsoft Store Apps Using ConfigMgr. Microsoft Store for Business gives the opportunity for organizations to automatically make store applications available for SCCM admins.
This guide gives you the opportunity to find, acquire, manage, and distribute free and paid store apps to ConfigMgr and deploy it to Windows 10 devices. Make sure you have already completed the connection configuration between SCCM and MSfB.
NOTE! – This feature is getting deprecated by Microsoft. So this feature won’t be available after the 2022 Nov release of SCCM.
Create a ConfigMgr Application Object for Microsoft Business Store App
I hope you already completed the activities mentioned in the previous posts regarding connection configuration between SCCM and MSfB & Add Microsoft Store Application to ConfigMgr.
Now let’s see how to Create a ConfigMgr Application Object for Microsoft Business Store App.
- Launch Admin Console
- Navigate to \Software Library\Overview\Application Management\License Information for Store Apps
- Select and Right-click on the Company Portal app from Microsoft Store
- Click on the Create Application option (or you can use the ribbon menu option to create Microsoft Store for Business application deployment)
- Click on the Next button from Create Volume Purchased Application page on Create Application Wizard
- Import all the information of applications from Microsoft Store for Business and click on the Next button to continue
- All the information is already populated on the Specify information about this application page (create application wizard).
NOTE! – All the metadata information imported from Microsoft Store for business
- Click on the Next, Next, Close button from the Summary page
Results
The Creation process of Microsoft Business Store Apps Using ConfigMgr is completed. The MSfB offline application is ready to deploy similar to any other SCCM application.
- Navigate to \Software Library\Overview\Application Management\Applications
- Check for Company Portal Offline application
Resources
- Prerequisites for Microsoft Store for Business and Education
- How to Deploy Windows Store Apps via Intune to Windows 10 Devices
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