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Extend your reach with offline licensing in Windows Store for Business Windows Store for Business was launched in November 2015 to extend opportunities for developers to offer their apps in volume to business and education organizations running Windows 10. Developers can enable organizations to license and distribute their apps with these two licensing and distribution types (also described on MSDN): Store-managed (online) is your default option, in which the Store service installs your app and issues entitlements for every user in the organization who installs the app. Organization-managed (offline) is an optional additional choice, in which the organization can download your app binary with proper entitlements, distribute the apps using their own management tools and keep track of the number of licenses used. The organization-managed (offline) option broadens the distribution flexibility for organizations, and can extend your opportunity to increase [ more… ]

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14936 for PC and Mobile Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are excited to be releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14936 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. New Extensions in Microsoft Edge We’re working with partners on adding new extensions and want our Insiders to try them out first! We have another new release which we need your help testing and giving feedback on before we publish to the general public: Turn Off the Lights is a lightweight and useful add-in designed for a more comfortable video experience. We also need some more help testing our other preview extensions: Tampermonkey is a popular userscript manager that lets users customize the content of pages across the web. Microsoft Personal Shopping Assistant is your smart shopping cart across the web, which collects your [ more… ]

BIO-key’s Windows Hello fingerprint accessories now available at Microsoft Stores We’re excited to announce that BIO-key International, Inc. has launched three new compact USB fingerprint reader accessories, available at Microsoft Stores and microsoftstore.com. These devices enable you to login conveniently and securely to your Windows 10 PC with a simple swipe or touch. With Windows Hello* you can sign into your Windows devices in less than 2 seconds – that’s 3 times faster** than a password that you have to remember and type in; also, with Windows Hello and the Anniversary Update, you can now sign into compatible apps and Microsoft Edge websites***. BIO-key SideSwipe Mini Fingerprint Reader – $39.99 EcoID Fingerprint Reader – $39.99   SideTouch Fingerprint Reader – $39.99 Visit your local Microsoft Store or microsoftstore.com to learn more about these new accessories. * Windows Hello requires specialized hardware, including [ more… ]

Introducing Windows Defender Application Guard for Microsoft Edge We’re determined to make Microsoft Edge the safest and most secure browser. Over the past two years, we have been continuously innovating, and we’re proud of the progress we’ve made. This is reflected by Microsoft Edge having the fewest vulnerabilities of any major browser on Windows since our release last year. Browser vulnerabilities (as of September 2016) for Microsoft Edge, Chrome, and Firefox (per the National Vulnerability Database) since Microsoft Edge was released. While no modern browser—or any complex application—is free of vulnerabilities, the majority of the vulnerabilities for Microsoft Edge have been responsibly reported by professional security researchers who work with the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) and the Microsoft Edge team to ensure customers are protected well before any attacker might use these vulnerabilities in the wild. Even better, there [ more… ]