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Deploy Microsoft Store for Business apps from XenMobile

November 29, 2023

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Microsoft Store for Business is a location where you can find and distribute free and paid apps in volume for your organization. By connecting the XenMobile Server to a Microsoft Store for Business, the Store for Business apps appear in the XenMobile Configure > Apps page. You can then deploy those apps to Windows 10 and Windows 11 devices.

XenMobile supports only online license app management which is the default licensing model supported by the Microsoft Store for Business. This model requires users and devices to connect to the Microsoft Store services to acquire an app and its license.

To learn more about the Microsoft Store for Business, see the Microsoft documentation at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-store/microsoft-store-for-business-overview.

Prerequisites to access Microsoft Store for Business apps

Azure Active Directory

To access the Microsoft Store for Business apps, you must first configure Azure Active Directory as an Identity Provider (IdP). For more information about configure Azure Active Directory as IdP, see Azure Active Directory as IdP.
Microsoft Store for Business

Connect XenMobile Server to Microsoft Store for Business

In the XenMobile console Settings page, search for and click the link for Microsoft Store for Business.
Configure these settings:
- Azure AD configuration: Select the Azure Active Directory instance you configured as part of the prerequisites.
- App Suffix: Enter a suffix added to all Microsoft Store for Business apps for easy identification.
- Localization: Select the language to use for the app details downloaded from Store for Business to XenMobile.
Click Save. XenMobile adds the Microsoft Store for Business apps to the Configure > Apps page.
To resync the apps later, return to the Microsoft Store for Business settings page and click the Force Sync button.

Associate your Microsoft Store for Business account with XenMobile

Log in to the Microsoft Business Store using the same tenant account that you use to sign in to Azure Active Directory.
In the Business Store, choose Settings > Management tools.
On the Management tools page, choose Add a management tool, and choose XenMobile.

Sync apps with the Store for Business

By default, XenMobile syncs with the Microsoft Store for Business every 24 hours. To force a sync, go to Settings > Microsoft Store for Business and click Force sync.

Image of Microsoft Store for Business settings screen

To change the sync interval, go to Settings > Server Properties and update the value for the Minimum MSB baseline interval server property.

Assign Store for Business apps to delivery groups

Apps synced from the Microsoft Store for Business have the suffix you configured on the Settings > Microsoft Store for Business page.

Image of Apps configuration screen

To add those apps to delivery groups: Go to Configure > Delivery Groups, select a group, click Edit, and then click Apps. Move the apps to the Required Apps list.
Go to Configure > Apps. Select one or more apps, click Edit, and then click Delivery Group Assignments.

Revoke a user license for an app

Go to Configure > Apps, select the Store for Business app, and then click Edit.
Under Platform, click Windows Desktop/Tablet.
Scroll down and expand Microsoft Store for Business.
Select the user and click Disassociate.

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Deploy Microsoft Store for Business apps from XenMobile

November 29, 2023

Contributed by:

K C K

November 29, 2023

Contributed by:

K C K

Deploy Microsoft Store for Business apps from XenMobile

Prerequisites to access Microsoft Store for Business apps

Connect XenMobile Server to Microsoft Store for Business

Associate your Microsoft Store for Business account with XenMobile

Sync apps with the Store for Business

Assign Store for Business apps to delivery groups

Revoke a user license for an app

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