I have been told that Intune/Endpoint Manager will replace the Microsoft Store for Business early 2023. How can I do this work now instead of waiting?

March 24, 2023 - You told us you wanted a way to control which apps and games were being downloaded by the users in your organization. We created the Microsoft Store for Business and Microsoft Store for Education, enabling you to make specific apps available ...

August 15, 2024 - ... Microsoft is in the process of changing how businesses use the Microsoft Store, as it brings its Package Manager tooling into Endpoint Manager, deprecating the existing Microsoft Store for Business service.

It's not a store replacement because Windows Package Manager just has a text interface and doesn't have the ability to show marketing information. Microsoft's Wednesday announcement indicated that it'll be possible for organizations to use the ...

September 26, 2025 - Finding a Microsoft Store for Business replacement is easy with Raynet's Package Store and RayManageSoft Unified Endpoint Manager.

With the retirement of the Microsoft Store for Business, a new and improved Microsoft Store app management experience is available in Intune, leveraging Windows Package Manager and other improvements.

December 5, 2022 - This blog will be about me trying to explain why in my opinion it isn’t a big issue that the Microsoft Store for Business (MSfB) will be retired.

July 6, 2023 - The new application management tool in Intune is based on WinGet and will replace the old Microsoft Store for Business.

June 26, 2023 - While the Microsoft Store for Business and Education continues to be retired, the improved Microsoft Store integration in Intune provides users with advanced features and functionalities to effectively manage applications.

March 29, 2023 - Learn how to quickly and effectively replace the Microsoft Store for Business and Education with an powerful alternative.

July 21, 2021 - That's where Windows Package Manager, or WinGet, comes in. It can integrate with Intune, and other UEM solutions can also choose to integrate with these APIs. Using WinGet, IT admins can more quickly deploy publics apps from the Microsoft Store, ...

December 16, 2022 - The store for business is replaced by a new “Microsoft Store”. The new store relies on the Windows package manager framework, the backend of this framework is connected to Microsoft Intune app service, which allows us to directly search ...

August 19, 2024 - We’ve been hard at work improving ... Education retirement. In November 2022, we released a new and improved Microsoft Store app management experience in Intune, leveraging Windows Package Manager, along with other ...

February 6, 2021 - I really liked the integration with the business store so I hope that Winget will be pretty simple and hands off. Don't get me wrong I like it on the desktop for the random app I need from time to time, but the set-it-and-forget-it nature of the store apps is pretty nice. I know I'm pretty much alone on that one lol. ... What exactly do you want to know? MSfB retirement is not new and was announcement 4 months ago: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/evolving-the-microsoft-store-for-business-and-education/ba-p/2569423

July 21, 2021 - Microsoft will not be supporting its Windows Store for Business or Store for Education on Windows 11. Here's how it plans to phase out and replace them.

I already knew the article, but it says "Client device needs access to both the Microsoft Store and the destination content to install Microsoft Store apps." However, we have blocked the store for all users so that they cannot install apps from the store. In the Store for Business, only the approved apps were displayed.

Microsoft Store for Business and Microsoft Store for Education will be retired on March 31, 2023. Customers may continue to use the current capabilities for free apps until that time.

July 13, 2023 - I was out of the MS store game for a few years there. What did I miss? Am I really unable to purchase software through the store for my organization? I have to make a personal dummy account? I am an Azure based with Intune and I am not able to find a way to purchase the software Nebo for a user.