Manage user accounts in Microsoft Store for Business and Education
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.
Microsoft Store for Business and Education manages permissions with a set of roles. Currently, you can assign these roles to individuals in your organization, but not to groups.
Why Microsoft Entra accounts?
For organizations planning to use the private store feature with Store for Business, we recommend that you also configure cloud domain join. This provides a seamless integration between the identity your admin and employees will use to sign in to Windows and Microsoft Store for Business.
Microsoft Entra ID is an Azure service that provides identity and access management capabilities using the cloud. It is primarily designed to provide this service for cloud- or web-based applications that need to access your local Active Directory information. Microsoft Entra identity and access management includes:
- Single sign-on to any cloud and on-premises web app.
- Works with multiple platforms and devices.
- Integrate with on-premises Active Directory.
For more information on Microsoft Entra ID, see About Office 365 and Microsoft Entra ID, and Intro to Azure: identity and access.
Add user accounts to your Microsoft Entra directory
If you created a new Microsoft Entra directory when you signed up for Store for Business, you'll have a directory set up with one user account - the global administrator. That global administrator can add user accounts to your Microsoft Entra directory. However, adding user accounts to your Microsoft Entra directory will not give those employees access to Store for Business. You'll need to assign Store for Business roles to your employees. For more information, see Roles and permissions in the Store for Business.
You can use the Office 365 admin dashboard or Azure management portal to add user accounts to your Microsoft Entra directory. If you'll be using Azure management portal, you'll need an active subscription to Azure management portal.
For more information, see: