This step by step tutorial will take you through how to enable the Microsoft Store for Business and publish the Company Portal app via Intune / Endpoint Manager.
This is Part 11 of a 13 part series.
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Welcome to part 11 of my thirteen part series of tutorials taking you step by step on how to configure Microsoft Endpoint Manager / Intune, from initial DNS config up to Autopilot and application deployment. This series gives you all the knowledge you need for you to successfully deploy a basic Intune / Endpoint Manager environment.
Initial Tenant and Intune Configuration
1. Configure DNS and CNAME - Link
2. Company Branding - Self Service Password Reset (SSPR) - Enable Enterprise State Roaming - Link
3. Enable Conditional Access and MFA (Multi factor authentication) - Link - This Article
4. Configure Conditional Access Terms of Use - Link
5. Company Terms and Conditions - Link
6. User and Device Groups, and Device Categories - Link
7. Set-up Autopilot profile and configure MAM and MDM scope for automatic enrollment - Link
7a. More information regarding options for configuring the MDM and MAM user scopes - Link
8. Enrollment Status Page - Link
9. Enrollment Restrictions - Link
10. Deploying Microsoft 365 apps (Office apps) - Link
11. Enable Microsoft Store for Business and publish the Company Portal app - Link - This Tutorial
12. Assign Company Portal app - Link
13. Test autopilot via register online - Link
If you don't have a test environment for Intune / Endpoint Manager, just follow this guide on
How to get a Free Developer Tenant with 25 x E5 licenses and a free Top Level domain name - Link
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Configuration of Microsoft Store for Business - Link
Note - you don't actually need to create an account with the Store for Business, you simply sign in to your tenant first so you are already authenticated. Then you open the link to the Store for Business in a new tab.
Sign in to your Office 365 tenant so you're authenticated and associated -
From there, open a new tab and go to the Microsoft Store for Business -
https://www.microsoft.com/business-store
In the Business Store, choose the Manage tab, select Settings
Distribute tab
Under Management Tools - Select Microsoft Intune and Active (Don't activate Microsoft Intune Enrollment).
Extra Notes -
If
you don't specifically have Microsoft Intune available as a mobile
device management tool, choose Add management tool to add Microsoft
Intune. If you don't have Microsoft Intune activated as your mobile
device management tool, click Activate next to Microsoft Intune.
There is no need to activate Microsoft Intune
Enrollment - Link
Configure Synchronisation - Link
Endpoint Manager - Tenant administration > Connectors and tokens
Microsoft Store for Business.
Select - Enable
Open the Business Store link
Save -
Once you have Saved - The Sync button will be enabled
Click - Sync - 
The apps you've purchased from the Microsoft Store into Intune.
By default - several Microsoft Business Store apps are synched and can be assigned or made available.
Synced apps from the Microsoft Business Store show as (Online) and Microsoft Store for Business App.
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Purchasing the app - Company Portal
Open the Microsoft Business Store - https://businessstore.microsoft.com/
From the Microsoft Store for Business - Search and select the app - Company Portal
Select - Get the app - 
Accept the agreement -
It is common to get this failure notice - 
Try again - It will eventually be added to your inventory -
Close
Note - it may take a long time before the apps become available in Endpoint Manager.
To prompt them publishing within Endpoint Manager - Sync the Microsoft Store for Business -
Endpoint Manager - Tenant Administration - Connectors and Tokens -
Note how the last sync was apparently in 1970 - 😝
Click Sync to perform an initial sync
Notifications will advise that the sync has started
The default Microsoft Store apps will now appear under the Apps section.
The Company Portal app will also appear as we added it to our Inventory
Note that these apps will still need to be assigned later
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To remove the default apps -
Open the Microsoft Store for Business -
Select - Manager - Order History
Select the Order for the App you want to be removed from the Inventory -
On the order details - Under actions - Select the three dots -
Select - Refund -
Select Refund
Repeat the process for each of the apps you want removed from the Inventory
Perform a sync again -
Endpoint Manager - Tenant Admin - Connectors and Tokens - Microsoft Store for Business - Sync
The apps you selected to be removed from the Inventory will no longer show in EndPoint Manager
Only the Company Portal shows now
Don't forget to assign users to the Company Portal app once you have decided which ones to target.
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Resources -
Managing Microsoft Store Apps - Link - Link
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Check out all my tutorials - Link
Highlights include -
13 part series on how to perform the initial Tenant and Intune Configuration - Link
1. Configure DNS and CNAME
2. Company Branding - Self Service Password Reset (SSPR) - Enable Enterprise State Roaming
3. Enable Conditional Access and MFA (Multi factor authentication)
4. Configure Conditional Access Terms of Use
5. Company Terms and Conditions
6. User and Device Groups, and Device Categories
7. Set-up Autopilot profile and configure MAM and MDM scope for automatic enrollment
7a. More information regarding options for configuring the MDM and MAM user scopes
8. Enrollment Status Page
9. Enrollment Restrictions
10. Deploying Microsoft 365 apps (Office apps)
11. Enable Microsoft Store for Business and publish the Company Portal app
12. Assign Company Portal app
13. Test autopilot via register online
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About the author -
Terry Munro is an IT specialist based in Brisbane, Australia.
He draws upon over 20 years experience designing and delivering technical solutions to a variety of enterprise clients in the private, Government and Education sectors, to revolutionise client businesses through collaboration and getting the most value from a variety of cloud solutions.
He is passionate about learning new technologies and is a firm believer in sharing knowledge to provide a better experience for all.
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