Install Store Apps For All Users

[MArmstrong]

Hi,

 

Hoping someone can help before this drives me crazy!

My goal is to have Microsoft To Do installed on all machines with a pinned start menu tile.

Background: Win 10 1909, we use ENGL toolkit & ZenWorks to create a base image & packages and deploy through pxe

 

I have grabbed the AppxBundle for To Do & also the Appx for the .Net dependency so I was thinking I could just install them during the build. How wrong was I..... this is my first experience of Store apps and hopefully my last until we look at moving over to the MS solutions for imaging such as Intune.

 

I have tried the following:

• Installing on the base image before sysprep - Seemed to get stripped out but this didnt surprise me
  
• Creating a bundle to run the following powershell during imaging-

  Add-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online -PackagePath C:\ToDoInstall\Microsoft.Todos_2.19.31501.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe.AppxBundle -DependencyPackagePath C:\ToDoInstall\Microsoft.NET.Native.Runtime.2.2_2.2.28604.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe.Appx -SkipLicense

  
  

 

After doing lots of reading I was under the impression that by using the Add-AppxProvisionedPackage command it would be available for all users, it would just install for each user profile that logged in to the machine?

What's actually happening is the shortcut is available in the all apps area (I haven't played with the tile layout yet) but doesn't do anything when you try to run it...

If anyone has any experience of installing Store apps without using the Store and could help in any way or have any pointers it would be most appreciated!

[MArmstrong]

Nobody has deployed a Store app like this?

Could anyone give me any pointers on how to fix a store app which does nothing when you click on it?

Thanks

[free780]

Deploy SCCM to deploy the app to a device. You have to configure the store intergration. The apps are installed per user even if provisioned for a device. As To Do will need updating its best to leave the store updates on and not block the store but restrict it to your orgs store.

[MArmstrong]

ok thanks i'll take a look at SCCM

[Asgard]

Hi,

 

Hoping someone can help before this drives me crazy!

My goal is to have Microsoft To Do installed on all machines with a pinned start menu tile.

Background: Win 10 1909, we use ENGL toolkit & ZenWorks to create a base image & packages and deploy through pxe

 

I have grabbed the AppxBundle for To Do & also the Appx for the .Net dependency so I was thinking I could just install them during the build. How wrong was I..... this is my first experience of Store apps and hopefully my last until we look at moving over to the MS solutions for imaging such as Intune.

 

I have tried the following:

• Installing on the base image before sysprep - Seemed to get stripped out but this didnt surprise me
  
• Creating a bundle to run the following powershell during imaging-

  Add-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online -PackagePath C:\ToDoInstall\Microsoft.Todos_2.19.31501.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe.AppxBundle -DependencyPackagePath C:\ToDoInstall\Microsoft.NET.Native.Runtime.2.2_2.2.28604.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe.Appx -SkipLicense

  
  

 

After doing lots of reading I was under the impression that by using the Add-AppxProvisionedPackage command it would be available for all users, it would just install for each user profile that logged in to the machine?

What's actually happening is the shortcut is available in the all apps area (I haven't played with the tile layout yet) but doesn't do anything when you try to run it...

If anyone has any experience of installing Store apps without using the Store and could help in any way or have any pointers it would be most appreciated!

 

We initially injected them into the Wim like this; for whiteboard

 

dism /Image[emoji3]:\ISOImages\MountPoint /Add-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackagePath[emoji3]:\SCCMAppDeploy\StoreApps\MS-Whiteboard\Microsoft.Whiteboard_20.10113.4727.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe.Appx /DependencyPackagePath[emoji3]:\SCCMAppDeploy\StoreApps\MS-Whiteboard\Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.2.2_x64.appx /DependencyPackagePath[emoji3]:\SCCMAppDeploy\StoreApps\MS-Whiteboard\Microsoft.NET.Native.Runtime.2.2_x64.appx /DependencyPackagePath[emoji3]:\SCCMAppDeploy\StoreApps\MS-Whiteboard\Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_x64.appx /LicensePath[emoji3]:\SCCMAppDeploy\StoreApps\MS-Whiteboard\MicrosoftWhiteboardLicense.xml /Region:"all"



[/CoDE]
 

Then fully moved to SCCM , the simplicity of SCCM deploying store apps is unreal.
 

Our initial wim striped out the Camera App.
 

A couple of clicks later and boom it’s deployed to every machine.
 

Drop me a Pm and I’ll send you my notes
 

Here is Sway and Whiteboard installed as part of our 1909 build. To-Do is but it’s not pinned 
 

Edited June 29, 2020 by Asgard

[free780]

You also have to remember that these apps update per user. So if you do an offline app ot a powershell bodge it'll be difficult to update.

[NicholasEsping]

I have used DISM to add them to the WIM like others have said. Instead of SCCM we went with Intune which can deploy store apps just as easily as SCCM I think.

[MArmstrong]

ok thanks for all your input, guess it's time to stop avoiding SCCM\Intune

[Asgard]

ok thanks for all your input, guess it's time to stop avoiding SCCM\Intune

 

Was my email any use sir

[MArmstrong]

Was my email any use sir

 

yes it was great! I did email you back this morning....

[Asgard]

yes it was great! I did email you back this morning....

 

So you did sir, didn’t see it as I’ve been in cabinets/data centres most of the day ha.

[deejinoz]

Seems to me Microsoft have set this up to drive adoption of SCCM and InTune. Smells a bit like anti-competitive behaviour to me.

[free780]

Well in theory you could use any MDM to managed the apps from the Appstore.

One day maybe all apps/applications will come from the store.