[windows tablet] Managing Surface RT app installs

[localzuk]

How are people managing app installs from the Microsoft App Store on Surface RT tablets?

 

We're at a bit of a loss as to how to do this sensibly, on shared devices, without giving our 'pupil' account on the devices access to the Microsoft account.

[robjduk]

I hear SCCM 2012R2 can do this as a managed mobile device however I have not put that into practise yet.

[localzuk]

It can, but only if you have an InTune subscription which integrates into it.

[robjduk]

ah, that's bloody expensive.

[joe90bass]

I've just come up against the same problem! Have you come up with a solution yet? Thankfully I've only got 19 to install one app on for pupils so it won't be a major headache this time, but in the future it could be!

[joe90bass]

Aargh! Anyone any solutions for this. I've found the policy to completely disable the store, but I ideally only want to stop pupils downloading apps, but the apps we do have installed (only Zinio at the moment) to still be able to update.

[fairm010]

You say "policy", where is this policy? Are there others that can restrict how these are used?

[joe90bass]

You need to enable the local group policy service and then set in Local computer group policy object > user config > admin templates > Windows components > Store > Turn off the store application