Microsoft Store latest changes with app downloads
Just wondering if any other IT admins are dealing with the recent changes to the Microsoft Store app downloads and how instead of launching the full MS Store, it now launches a containerized version. While this does lead to a better user experience, the unfortunate side effect is it bypasses our current restriction to block the MS Store from users.
We currently control all our MS Store apps in Intune via the Company Portal and have the policy to “block MS Store” enabled. However, the change where you can download the apps via a self contained EXE on the website now bypasses this block, presumably because the containerized version of the app installer is not referencing any of these policies.
Can Microsoft please address this? We don’t really want to block apps.microsoft.com but if this behavior isn’t changed this might be the end result.
Just wondering if any other IT admins are dealing with the recent changes to the Microsoft Store app downloads and how instead of launching the full MS Store, it now launches a containerized version. While this does lead to a better user experience, the unfortunate side effect is it bypasses our current restriction to block the MS Store from users. We currently control all our MS Store apps in Intune via the Company Portal and have the policy to “block MS Store” enabled. However, the change where you can download the apps via a self contained EXE on the website now bypasses this block, presumably because the containerized version of the app installer is not referencing any of these policies. Can Microsoft please address this? We don’t really want to block apps.microsoft.com but if this behavior isn’t changed this might be the end result. Read More