How To Get Microsoft Store Paid Apps For Free

[Celedonio Miranda]

HiI was trying to purchase an app from MS store for business for my company and same will be deploy via Intune, but as checked i m unbale to search or add any Paid apps in MS store for Business

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Paid app support was removed from the Microsoft Store earlier this year (in April) so there is no such thing anymore. You need to work with the app vendor to purchase licensing for apps that your users need.

For the two links you've found, those are actually still valid because if you have previously purchased apps in the store for business, you can still deploy them using the details in those docs. What you cannot do is purchase new apps.

Is this a permanent move to put the onus back on the software owners to handle licensing/payment? Is it possible that paid apps might be allowed back on the company portal with the new Microsoft Store for Windows 11?

Yes, this is permanent (as permanent as any decision in the software world at least). Usage telemetry just didn't support Microsoft maintaining this method of orgs purchasing software as basically, almost no one did and most software vendors have their own method of licensing and purchasing software. The same trend is happening in the other app stores as well (iOS, Android, macOS) where most software is free through the store but include "in app purchases" through some other method of payment and licensing.

Also, it's not that you can't distribute or acquire paid apps anymore, it's that there literally are no more paid apps in the store (if you paid for any previously, they are still accesible and distributable though).

Many of the standard store apps displayed from within Microsoft Intune are freely available for you to add and deploy to members of your organization. In addition, you can purchase store apps for each device platform.

The Managed Google Play store only supports free apps. Standard Google apps are added to Intune as an Android store app. To add a Managed Google Play app, you must find and approve the app from the Managed Google Play store, then sync the app with Intune. For more information, see Managed Google Play.

An Android Enterprise fully managed device won't allow employees to install any apps that aren't approved by the organization. Also, employees won't be able to remove any installed apps against policy. If you wish to allow users to access the full Google Play store to install apps rather than only having access to the approved apps in Managed Google Play store, you can set the Allow access to all apps in Google Play store to Allow. With this setting, the user can access all the apps in the Google Play store using their corporate account, however purchases may be limited. You can remove the limited purchases restriction by allowing users to add new accounts to the device. Doing so enables end users to have the ability to purchase apps from the Google Play store using personal accounts, and conduct in-app purchases. For more information, see Android Enterprise device settings to allow or restrict features using Intune.

I have been encountering a persistent issue in the Microsoft Store for the past two weeks, specifically since April 13th. Whenever I attempt to purchase a paid application, I consistently receive the error message: "Try that again. Something on our end. Waiting a bit might help."

However, after following the steps provided, I was unable to locate the relevant Xbox privacy settings. Additionally, upon further investigation, it appears that this issue is not solely related to Xbox privacy settings, as I am able to access and download free apps without any trouble.

Furthermore, it's worth noting that several other users have reported experiencing the same problem, indicating that this may be a widespread issue with the Microsoft Store itself rather than individual privacy settings.

I got the same problem a few weeks ago, and after a lot of tries I finally figured out why. Are you using VPN or any sort of proxy service? I've been using V2RayN, which must've messed up some of the internet settings deep under. Unlike Steam / Google, MS Store or Xbox can absolutely not withstand any sort of in-windows VPN/proxy. I did a clean Win11 install without anything (other than the games from MS Store), the problem went away immediately. I guess if you've used VPN even once, some internet setting got changed permenantly but I didn't figure out which.

I'm no programmer / software engineer so too lazy to dig out the root cause of the problem. Right now I'm using a separate spare SSD with clean Win11 install just for buying MS Store stuff, then use my main PC for downloading.

You can indicate whether and how your app can be offered for volume purchases through Microsoft Store for Business and Microsoft Store for Education in the Organizational licensing section of the Pricing and availability page of an app submission.

Through these settings, you can opt to allow your app to be made available to organizations (business and educational) who acquire and deploy multiple licenses for their users, providing an opportunity to increase your reach to organizations across Windows 10 device types, including PCs, tablets and phones.

Selections for each of your apps are configured independently from each other. You may change your preferences for an app at any time by creating a new submission, and your changes will take effect after the submission completes the certification process.

Submissions that use the Microsoft Store submission API won't be made available to Microsoft Store for Business and Microsoft Store for Education. To make your app available for volume purchases by organizations, you must create and submit your submissions in Partner Center.

By default, the box labeled Make my app available to organizations with Store-managed (online) licensing and distribution is checked. This means that you wish your app to be available for inclusion in catalogs of apps that will be made available to organizations for volume acquisition, with app licenses managed through the Store's online licensing system.

If you prefer not to allow us to offer your app to organizations for volume acquisition, uncheck this box. Note that this change will only take place after the app completes the certification process. If any organizations had previously acquired licenses to your app, those licenses will still be valid, and the people who have the app already can continue to use it.

To publish line-of-business (LOB) apps exclusively to a specific organization, you can set up an enterprise association and allow the organization to add the apps directly their private store. For more info, see Distribute LOB apps to enterprises.

Many organizations need apps enabled for offline licensing. For example, some organizations need to deploy apps to devices which rarely or never connect to the internet. If you want to allow your app to be made available to these customers, check the box labeled Allow organization-managed (offline) licensing and distribution for organizations.

Note that this box is unchecked by default. You must check the box to allow us to make your app available to verified organizations who will install it using organization-managed (offline) licensing. Organizations must go through additional validation in order to install paid apps to their end users in this way.

Offline licensing allows organizations to acquire your app on a volume basis, and then install the app without requiring each device to contact the Store's licensing system. The organization is able to download your app's package along with a license which lets them install it to devices (via their own management tools or by preloading apps on OS images) without notifying the Store when a particular license has been used. Enabling this scenario greatly increases deployment flexibility, and it may substantially increase the attractiveness of your app with these customers.

In some markets, the price shown for an app in Microsoft Store for Business or Microsoft Store for Education may be different than the price shown to retail customers in the Microsoft Store for the same price tier. Payout of proceeds from organizational purchases works just the same as it does for consumer purchases of your app. For more info, see Getting paid and the App Developer Agreement. For a list of markets where Microsoft Store for Business and Microsoft Store for Education are available, see Microsoft Store for Business and Microsoft Store for Education overview.

If your country or region is not listed below, your paid apps currently will not be offered in Microsoft Store for Business and Microsoft Store for Education. If this is the case, the organizational licensing selections you make for your paid apps may be applied at a later time, as we may add support for submissions from additional developer account markets in the future.

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