Windows 10: Microsoft Store - App blocked, but still reachable by Downloadlink from Microsoft Page...

Hello,we need to block the installation of Power BI Desktop from our companys' Microsoft Store. We already did that and it can no longer be found in the Store when searching for it.The reason for this need is because we are rolling out Power BI in our company with a separate Auto Installation tool, and we don't want that always the newest version, that is available in the store, is visible for any user to download.The background also is, that we want to control who has this application installed as we only want to give it to certain people.Now, it turned out that a user that enters the officia

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How to run apps that are downloaded from Microsoft app store on multiple PCs without downloading multiple times.

 

Microsoft is purging a lot of low quality apps from the Windows Store

"Microsoft is sending emails to some Windows Store developers informing them that their apps have been removed from the Store for violating its quality standards."

"Neowin reports that app developers have been receiving these emails over the past couple of days:

In its latest review of the Store, Microsoft is evaluating if the published apps are good enough to be listed in the Windows Store. This includes publicly available apps as well as private beta apps. Additionally, Microsoft is also asking developers to delete any promotional campaigns for their apps to prevent advertising charges. Similarly, app name reservations are also being nullified; which means that if your app is unpublished, there's no guarantee that you'll be able to republish it under the same name.

Officially, the policies for the Microsoft Store says that apps must have "distinct and informative metadata" and "provide a valuable and quality user experience". There are also some specific standards that must be in the apps, including having a name that is not similar to another app or device, along with offering a description that is accurate about its features and functions.

There have certainly been many Windows Store users who have complained over the years about the large number of apps published that are clones of other apps or ones that are simply poorly made. Hopefully, this new move by Microsoft will help to curb these issues, at least for now."

Microsoft is purging a lot of low quality apps from the Windows Store | Windows Central

 

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Thank you for the advice

I see what you mean about the password but i think its a backward step to compromise my Microsoft password to to use the app store