Best Guide to Deploy Microsoft Store Apps using Intune

In this post, I will explain how to deploy Microsoft Store apps using Intune. We will go through the steps to add Microsoft Store apps to Intune, configure the apps, and deploy them to Windows devices.

Admins can browse, deploy, and monitor Microsoft Store applications inside Intune. The good news is that upon deployment, Intune automatically keeps the apps up-to-date when a new version becomes available. The Microsoft Store supports UWP apps, desktop apps packaged in .msix, and Win32 apps packaged in .exe or .msi installers.

Note that the Microsoft Store for Business will be retired in the first quarter of 2023. Organizations should now look to remove MSfB integration from Intune. If organizations have installed Windows Store for Business or Windows Store for Education apps (free or paid), then those apps will continue to run “as long as the app is not removed from the device.”

Instead of using the Microsoft Store for Business and Microsoft Store for Education application repositories, Microsoft wants organizations to shift to using the Windows Package Manager and Microsoft Intune. The Windows Package Manager now appears to be integrated with Microsoft Intune, Microsoft’s endpoint and app management service.

Quoting the announcement was made by Microsoft from their article “Evolving the Microsoft Store for Business and Education“.





If you are looking to deploy the new Microsoft Store apps with Intune, you can use the steps covered in this guide. If you need any help, or you encounter issues during store apps deployment, please let me know in the comments section.


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Prerequisites for using the new Microsoft Store Apps in Intune

To use and deploy new Microsoft Store apps in Intune, ensure the following prerequisites are met: 

  • Client devices must support at least two core processors to successfully install and run Microsoft Store apps.
  • Client device need to be able to support the Intune Management Extension (IME) to install Microsoft Store apps. Windows 10 and Windows 11 devices are supported.
  • The Client device need access to the Microsoft Store and the destination content to install Microsoft Store apps.


Differences between Microsoft Store Apps (Legacy) vs Microsoft Store Apps (New)

During the process of adding a new app to Intune, you will find two options: Microsoft Store app (legacy) and Microsoft Store app (new). Recent Microsoft Store apps feature functionality that has been significantly improved over earlier versions. Listed below are some differences between Microsoft Store Apps legacy vs new.

  • You can browse and search for store apps within Intune.
  • You can install and uninstall with required app deployments.
  • With new Microsoft Store apps, you can monitor the installation progress and results for store apps.
  • With new Microsoft Store apps Win32 store apps are supported (in preview) for deployment with Intune where Microsoft Store Apps (Legacy) won’t support Win32 store apps for deployment.

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Unsupported Capabilities of Microsoft Store apps

Although you can deploy Microsoft Store apps using Intune, there are a few restrictions:

  • Ability to install Microsoft Store apps during Enrollment Status Page. Apps deployed using Microsoft Store app will install after enrollment status page has completed.
  • Device provisioning of Microsoft Store Universal Windows Platform (UWP) applications are not supported.
  • Any app that has an ARM64 installer is not supported.
  • The ability to install Microsoft Store apps during Enrolment Status Page and device provisioning of Microsoft Store Universal Windows Platform (UWP) applications is coming in a future release.


Deploy Microsoft Store Apps using Intune

The following steps are involved when you deploy Microsoft Store apps using Intune:

  1. Add an Windows App from the Microsoft Store
  2. Search the App in Microsoft Store
  3. Configure App Deployment Properties
  4. Assign Microsoft Store apps to users and devices

Step 1: Add Microsoft Store apps to Intune

The Microsoft Store supports UWP apps, desktop apps packaged in .msix, and Win32 apps packaged in .exe or .msi installers. You can add Microsoft Store apps to Intune with the following steps:

  • Sign-in to Intune Admin Portal.
  • In the admin portal, select Apps > All apps > Add.


In Select app type pane, select Microsoft Store app (new) under the Store app section. Choose Select at the bottom of the page to begin creating an app from the Microsoft Store.


Step 2: Find the App in Microsoft Store

The Microsoft Store provides a large variety of apps designed to work on your Microsoft devices. Within Intune, you can search for and add the apps you want to assign to your workforce at your organization.

Before you deploy the store apps with Intune, you can open the Microsoft Store app on your PC and use the search feature to find your app. This is to verify if the app exists in the Microsoft store before you think to add it to Microsoft Intune. For example, I will be deploying the Power BI app with Intune and this app available on Microsoft Store.

On the App information tab, select the option “Search the Microsoft Store app (new)“.

The search display panel features a search bar and includes the following columns:

  • Name: Displays the name of the app.
  • Publisher: Shows the publisher of the app.
  • Type: The app package type: Win32 or Universal Windows Platform (UWP).

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If you are new to Win32 apps, please refer to the guide on deploying Win32 apps with Intune. The UWP (Universal Windows Platform) app is one choice for creating apps that run on Windows 10 and Windows 11 devices, and can be combined with other platforms. Intune supports deploying UWP apps from Microsoft Store to Windows endpoints.

In the search box, type the name of the app that you would like to deploy and press the enter key. From the search results, select the app and click Select. In the below screenshot, we see the Power BI Store UWP app is selected for deployment.


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