



Now even more improvements are on the way. Microsoft's post promises the ability to distribute private apps will land in early 2023. The Microsoft Store is the main app store on Windows 10 and 11, and it received an overhaul last year in time for the first version of Windows 11. The second item above is "actively in design" and should mean admins can control deployment what Microsoft's described as "In house line-of-business, privately developed apps, ISV apps for a specific company." Supporting any number of Windows Package Manager repositories hosted internally (privately) for an organization.Access to an expanded catalog of applications above and beyond what is available in the curated Microsoft Store on Windows.In 2023, Microsoft will add two more capabilities: Microsoft tweaks Store policy for open source once again.Microsoft unveils a public preview of Update Management Center.Court OKs billion-dollar Play Store gouging suit against Google.Users will still be able to use Microsoft Intune to set policies describing which users can access which apps from the Store. "Management tools, like Endpoint Manager, provide deeply integrated app search, discovery, acquisition, and deployment capabilities that were not available with Microsoft Store for Business," the post adds, continuing: "With Windows Package Manager, we can now provide richer app experiences directly within the Endpoint Manager console including app deployment and app update controls."
