Chapter : 8

Installing and Apps Management

8.0 Objectives
8.1
8.2 Windows Store
8.3

8.6 Questions for Self Study

8.0 Objectives
At the end of the module you will be able to :
Understand the objective in providing apps to users
Explain the concept of Windows Store
The concept of Web Browsers

8.1 Windows 10 Apps for Users

This sub module provides further explanation about
Types of Windows 10 Apps
Install Desktop Apps in Windows 10 Manually and
Automatically.

8.1.1 Types of Windows 10 Apps

There are 2 types of Windows 10 Apps, primarily named as
Desktop App

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 Windows Store Apps
Desktop Apps are local installed Apps provided by default in
Windows 10 Desktop Operating System.
While Windows Store apps are similar to like Google Play
store, Apps are downloaded from Microsoft App Servers, it
requires a connected Microsoft account. Note: Windows Store is
available since Windows 8 Operating System.
App Sideloading, is important consideration for large
organizations, especially when developing custom apps (that are
not available in Windows Store). Here in App Sideloading the
apps are provided from the trusted PC (can be a domain
computer) from your Workplace.
A Universal Windows Apps is also known as (Universal
Windows Platform API), this offers a single app that is compatible
across multiple hardware platform.
A RemoteApp scenario involves a user who has a Windows
RT-based device, such as a Microsoft Surface tablet. This device
(Surface Tablet) cannot run x86 or x64 applications, but users of
these devices can use RemoteApp to access such applications.
You also can use RemoteApp to deploy applications to users by
using Windows To Go. Generally, Windows Server 2012 R2 is
used to deploy remote apps to the connected devices.
App-V Apps are Microsoft based Application Virtualization
based Apps, it can run app streams from Server to the client
Desktop, in this model the server is hosting the App and client is
working on the App. This model enables multiple versions of
apps to run without conflict.

8.1.2 Installing Desktop Apps Manually

The image shows that you can manually install apps by using
Msiexec.exe command. Note these are the third-party apps
downloaded from the external source like Internet.

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8.1.3 Modern Apps
Windows 10 supports 2 broad categories of Apps:
Desktop Apps
Modern Apps
Desktop Apps are the default apps provided in the Windows
10 Operating System.
Modern apps are delivered via "Windows Store”, it requires
Microsoft account to download the app.
Some of important characteristics of Modern Apps are:
Live tiles: Tiles can be programmed to update dynamically
when they are displayed on start of the system in windows
10 OS. Live tiles display, news headlines, cycle through a set
of photos.
Cortana: Apps can be integrated with Cortana, allowing you
to do such things as issue a voice command to send an email
to the recipient.
Notification and Alerts: Modern Apps can trigger notification
and alerts. For Example, your calendar app can display
appointment in lock screen and issue reminder at appropriate
times.
Automatic Updates: Modern Apps are updated
automatically; the Windows Store manages this process for
you when an app’s publisher manages the program.
Per-User Installation: When you install an app, that app is
installed only for your user account. Other account holders
who want to use the app have to install it as well. Depending
on licensing provisions and the number of devices on which
you have installed the app in question, other accounts on a
system where an app has already been bought and installed
might find, on visiting the Windows Store, that the app is
identified as "owned.” In that case, these users can install the
app without going through a payment process. The same is
true for other systems you sign in to with the Microsoft
account under which you bought the app.

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 8.1.4 Installing Desktop Apps Automatically
There are 4 methods to automate application installation in
Windows 10
Group Policy Software Installation
The MDT (Microsoft Deployment Kit)
Microsoft based SCCM (System Center Configuration
Manager)
Microsoft Intune
These methods require Corporate Administrator to design
and approve the apps for employees in your organization.

8.1.5 The Windows Store (also known as Microsoft Store)

This topic provides brief information about the Windows Store
in Windows 10, Sideloading and is followed by a demonstration
on Sideloading of Windows Store Apps.
It is important to understand Windows Store was available
since Windows 8.1, however it was necessary in Windows 8.1
to enable Sideloading by using registry edits or by using GPOs.
Comparatively in Windows 10, you can enable this feature
through the device Settings.
Microsoft merged its other distribution platforms (Windows
Marketplace, Windows Phone Store, Xbox Video and Xbox
Music) into Windows Store, making it a unified distribution point
for apps, digital video, digital music and e-book.

8.2 Windows Store

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 Windows 10 removes this requirement, allowing users to
freely enable or disable sideloading.
The slide shows Windows Store requires connected
Microsoft Account example (Hotmail, Live, Outlook etc.).

8.2.1 (Microsoft) Windows Store Settings

The image shows the Settings page to update Windows App
Store.
To access Settings of Windows Store:
In your Windows 10 OS > Search > Home > Select (...) more
options > Settings
The available options are:
App Updates - It allows to update apps automatically O Live
Tile - It show the products in tile format O Video Autoplay -
allows to play videos automatically O Offline Permission
allows to manage devices
Purchase Sign-in - This option is used, if you want to buy an
app without a password (reason being faster Checkout in the
payment process).

8.2.2 Windows Store / Microsoft Store

Microsoft Store (formerly Windows Store) is a digital
distribution platform for Microsoft Windows. It started as an app
store for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 as the primary
means of distributing Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps.
When it comes to Windows 10, (or even Windows 8 or 8.1),
there are two ways you can download applications. The first is
to search for them online, download an EXE file, and install the
Desktop app — and the other is to open up the Windows Store,
find an app, and install the Store app.

8.2.3 Windows App Sideloading

App Sideloading is a process to install Windows apps from
other trusted sources like Workplace.

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 It is important to understand Windows Store was available since
Windows 8.1, however it was necessary in Windows 8.1 to
enable Sideloading by using registry edits or by using GPOs.
Comparatively in Windows 10, you can enable this feature
through the device Settings.
ideloading apps in Windows 8/8.1 was a hassle -- Microsoft,
for some reason, really wanted to lock down devices so that they
were only running apps from the Windows Store. But
sideloading, or installing apps from outside sources, in Windows
10 is actually very easy. All you have to do is turn it "ON” from
the settings in Windows 10 and click on option "For Developers”
> Select “Sideload apps”.

8.2.4 Managing Line-of-Business Apps

"Line-of-Business” (LOB) apps are present in a wide range
of businesses and organizations. Organizations value these
apps because they solve problems unique to each business.
When you sideload an app, you deploy a signed app package to
a device. You maintain the signing, hosting, and deployment of
these apps. Sideloading was also available with Windows 8 and
Windows 8.1.
The process of distributing a Windows 10 app through a
private Business Store requires that an enterprise have Azure
Active Directory accounts for each user in the organization.
(These accounts are used instead of Microsoft accounts.)
Installation files are managed and deployed by the Windows
Store, which also tracks license usage.
Updates are delivered via normal update channels—
Windows Update or Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).
Apps can be sideloaded in following steps:
Turn on sideloading. In a domain environment, this can be
done with Group Policy. For an unmanaged computer, go to
Settings > Update & Security > “For Developers”. Then select
Sideload Apps.
Trust the app. Open the security certificate provided for the

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 app package, and choose Install Certificate. In the Certificate
Import wizard, select Local Machine and import the certificate
to the Trusted Root Certification Authorities folder.
Install the app. Open PowerShell in the folder with the app
package and then run the Add Appx Package cmdlet

8.3 Web Browser in Windows 10

This section provides and overview of default Web Browsers
in Windows 10 like IE (Internet Explorer) 11 and Microsoft Edge
Browser.

8.3.1 Internet Explorer 11

Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) is the last version of the Internet
Explorer web browser by Microsoft. It was officially released on
17 October 2013 for Windows 8.1 and on 7 November 2013 for
Windows 7. The browser was also shipped with Windows 10 on
its release on 29 July 2015, but Microsoft Edge is the default
browser in this version of Windows.
Microsoft Edge is the default browser shipped with Windows
Server 2016.
The Microsoft Edge browser is the default Windows 10 web
browser, but that Microsoft provides Internet Explorer 11 for
compatibility for line-of-business (LOB) apps that require specific
features that Microsoft Edge does not support.

8.3.2 Privacy Features in Internet Explorer 11

Internet Explorer 11 remembers visited web pages, searches,
cookies (small files that websites store to keep your preferences
or track your behavior), user names on forms (for some careless

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 people passwords, too!) and it saves displayed images in a
special Temporary Internet Files folder to make loading them
faster the next time you visit the page (this is also called caching
or cache).
Internet Explorer 11 provides "in Private Browsing”, "Tracking
Protection” and you can manually delete "Browsing History”.
InPrivate Browsing:
On your Windows 10 Desktop Press (from Keyboard)
"Ctrl+Shift+P” key or Open Internet Explorer > Tools > Safety
> InPrivate Browsing.
Tracking Protection:
Tracking Protection allows Internet Explorer 11 to block
websites and ads from tracking the current user’s online
behavior. The feature uses predefined lists that are
automatically updated on weekly basis (in case the list
provider has updated it).
To access Tracking Protection Open Internet Explorer > Tools
> Safety > Turn "ON” Tracking Protection.
Delete Browsing History :
Sometimes it is best to delete all browsing history, user
names and passwords, search history and items in
Temporary Internet Files folder.

8.3.3 Security Features in Internet Explorer 11

The various features available for Internet Explorer 11 is:
The SmartScreen Filter: It is a feature in IE8, IE9, IE10, or
IE11 that helps detect phishing websites, and can also help
protect you from installing malicious software or malware
ActiveX Controls and Management: An ActiveX control is a
component program object that can be re-used by many
application programs within a computer or among computers
in a network. These ActiveX plugins can pose as a
vulnerability in Internet Explorer, so trusted ActiveX controls
is required.

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 Cross Site Scripting: Internet Explorer’s Cross-Site Scripting
(XSS) Filter can help prevent one website from adding script
code to another website. XSS Filter watches how websites
interact, and when it recognizes a potential attack, it will
automatically block script code from running.
Data Execution Prevention: It is a security feature that can
help prevent damage to your computer from viruses and other
security threats. Harmful programs can try to attack Windows
by attempting to run (also known as execute) code from
system memory locations reserved for Windows and other
authorized programs.
Enhanced Protection Mode: By default, this feature is turned
off in Internet Explorer on the Windows 8.1 desktop. When
this feature is enabled, add-ons such as toolbars, browser
helper objects (BHOs), and extensions are loaded only if they
are compatible with Enhanced Protected Mode.

8.3.4 Managing Add-On in Internet Explorer 11

Toolbars and Extensions are the first type of add-ons. As the
name suggests, they come in the form of toolbars such as the
Google Toolbar or simply extensions which add more options to
Internet Explorer, such as showing the weather forecast.
It should be noted that add-ons could cause problems with
all browsers, including Internet Explorer.
To turn add-ons on.
Open Internet Explorer, select the Tools button, and then
select Manage add-ons. Under Show, select “All add-ons”.
Select the add-on, Enable, and then select Close.

8.3.5 IE Compatibility View

Compatibility view is a feature first introduced with Microsoft
Internet Explorer 8.0 that enables the browser to enter a mode
that allows it to support pages that may not have all the latest
browser features.

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 Some websites that did not display properly in Internet
Explorer 9 or 10, do require Compatibility View feature to resolve
the problem.
To turn Off Compatibility View:
Open up Internet Explorer (IE 11)
Press the Alt key on your keyboard, this will make a menu
bar appear.
Click on the Tools menu tab.
Select the Compatibility View settings option.

8.3.6 Microsoft Edge Browser

Microsoft Edge (codename "Spartan”) is a web browser
developed by Microsoft and included in Windows 10, Windows
10 Mobile and Xbox One, replacing Internet Explorer as the
default web browser on all device classes.
It has new features, including integration with Cortana digital
assistant to provide voice control, annotation tools, and a reading
mode. Edge provides search functionality, and dynamic,
personalized information related to searches within the address
bar. Users can make annotations to web pages that can be
stored to and shared with OneDrive.
Edge does not support ActiveX or Browser Helper Objects of
Internet Explorer. Browser extension support was developed and
added in preview builds in March 2016, and released with the
Windows 10 Anniversary Update on August 2, 2016. Microsoft
Edge extensions are distributed via Microsoft Store.

8.3.7 Managing Extensions in Microsoft Edge

A Microsoft account is a requirement to download and install
extensions from Windows Store, which is the only place to get
the extensions for Microsoft Edge with the Windows Anniversary
edition.
To find an extension and add an extension to your browser:
Select Settings and More (...) > Extensions > Get extensions

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 from Microsoft Store.
Microsoft Edge is represented as a Modern App in the
Microsoft / Windows Store.

8.3.8 Manage App History and Performance

The App History tab, like the Processes tab of Task Manager,
provides information about how programs are using system
resources, but App History, as shown in the above image knows
only about modern apps; you won’t find your desktop
applications listed here.
App History accumulates its information over some range of
time, giving you an approximate idea of how you have been
using your computer. If you never clear and restart the history, it
will record everything going back to your installation of Windows
10. You can start fresh by clicking Delete Usage History (as
shown in the image).

8.3.9 Microsoft Edge Productivity Features

Following is the list of productivity features in Microsoft Edge
App/Browser
Pinned tabs: Pinned web pages appear as mini-tabs at the
top left of Edge, and to the left of the first normal tab. To pin a
page to Edge, open it in the browser and then right-click in the
tab at the top. Then, choose "Pin” from the pop-up menu that
appears.
Paste and Go: Paste and go is a Edge feature for accessing
the URL in your clipboard and directly navigating to the same
in a single go. Right click on the context menu and select
"Paste and go”, Edge will past the URL into the address bar
and will automatically navigate to the website.
Windows Hello authentication : When you use the make
Credential method, Microsoft Edge will first ask Windows
Hello to use face or fingerprint identification to verify that the
user is the same user as the one logged into the Windows
account.

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 Website Notification : When the user clicks on a notification
in the Action Center, Microsoft Edge will launch a tab and
navigate to the corresponding origin of the notification.

8.1,8.2 ,8.3 Check Your Progress.

1) ...................... is a web browser developed by Microsoft
and included in Windows 10
2) Compatibility view is a feature first introduced with
...........................
3) ........................... apps are present in a wide range of
businesses and organizations

8.4 Summary
Types of Windows Apps:
Desktop app installation
Windows Store apps
Universal Windows Apps
RemoteApp apps
App-V apps
Automate application installation in Win 10 by:
Group Policy software installation
The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
Configuration Manager
Microsoft Intune
2 categories of Windows 10 Apps:
Desktop Apps (inbuilt in system OS)
Modern Apps (installed from Windows Store)
LoB (Line-of-Business) apps are developed for corporate use
within the organization.
LoB apps can be distributed in following steps :
Turn ON sideloading

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 Trust the App
Install the App
App Sideloading is a process to install Windows apps from
other trusted sources like Workplace.
IE includes a number of security features:
The SmartScreen Filter, ActiveX Controls and Management
Cross-Site Scripting Filter, Data Execution Prevention
Enhanced Protected Mode
Microsoft account is a requirement to download and install
extensions from Windows Store

8.5 Check Your Progress Answers

8.1,8.2 ,8.3
1) Microsoft Edge (codename "Spartan”)
2) Microsoft Internet Explorer 8
3) "Line-of-Business” (LOB)

8.6 Questions for Self Study

1) Explain the types of Apps supported by Windows 10.
2) What is the difference between Desktop Apps and Modern
Apps?
3) What does IE11 display when a browser detects that a
website does not adhere to HTML5 or CSS3 standards?
4) List and explain the various Security features in IE 11.
5) How to utilize this storage for your Windows 10 apps?
6) Compare IE11 and Edge Browser.

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