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Applies to:

• Windows 10

Important

• The retirement of Microsoft Store for Business and Microsoft Store for Education has been postponed. We will update this notice when a new retirement date is announced. You can continue to use the current capabilities of free apps until that time. For more information about this change, see Update to Intune integration with the Microsoft Store on Windows and FAQ: Supporting Microsoft Store experiences on managed devices.
• In April 2023 the Microsoft Store for Business tab was removed from Microsoft Store apps on Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs. An interaction with existing MDM and GPO policies may lead to customers seeing errors when accessing the Microsoft Store app. For more information see Microsoft Store for Business tab removed.

IT admins can sign up for Microsoft Store for Business and Education, and get started working with apps.

Note

As of April 14th, 2021, only free apps are available in Microsoft Store for Business and Education. For more information, see Microsoft Store for Business and Education.

In this section

Topic	Description
Microsoft Store for Business and Education overview	Learn about Microsoft Store for Business.
Prerequisites for Microsoft Store for Business and Education	There are a few prerequisites for using Microsoft Store for Business and Education.
Roles and permissions in Microsoft Store for Business and Education	The first person to sign in to Microsoft Store for Business and Education must be a Global Admin of the Microsoft Entra tenant. Once the Global Admin has signed in, they can give permissions to others employees.
Settings reference: Microsoft Store for Business and Education	Microsoft Store for Business and Education has a group of settings that admins use to manage the store.