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TheTanic
TheTanic

Reputation: 1638

Install developed Application without developer mode

I developed an Windows 10 UWP Application. This application should be used in the company, so I build it via the built in tool of Visual Studio 2015.

To do that i followed this guide : Packaging Universal Windows apps for Windows 10

This worked fine, and i don't have a problem to install the Add-AppDevPackage.ps1 via Windows Powershell when i have the "developer mode" enabled.

Now the problem:
I don't want that my employees have to activate the developer mode. They should activate the "sideload applications" option. When this option is checked the shell allways asks me to activate the developer mode and fails if I don't activate it.

So what do I have to do, that it is enough to activate the "sideload applications" option to install my developed application?

When I built the apppackage i checked the following settings:

Upvotes: 3

Views: 5190

Answers (1)

Erwin
Erwin

Reputation: 3090

Sideload apps is a more secure option than Developer mode because you cannot install apps on the device without a trusted certificate.

Requirements

Here's what you'll need to have:

  • Devices need to be unlocked for sideloading (unlock policy enabled)
  • Certificate assigned to app
  • Signed app package

And here's what you'll need to do:

  • Turn on sideloading - you can push a policy with an MDM provider, or you can use Settings.
  • Trust the app - import the security certificate to the local device.
  • Install the app - use PowerShell to install the app package

How do you sideload an app on desktop

You can sideload apps on managed or unmanaged devices.

To turn on sideloading for managed devices

  • Deploy an enterprise policy.

To turn on sideloading for unmanaged devices

  • Open Settings.
  • Click Update & Security > For developers.
  • On Use developer features, select Sideload apps.

To import the security certificate

  • Open the security certificate for the appx package, and select Install Certificate.
  • On the Certificate Import Wizard, select Local Machine.
  • Import the certificate to the Trusted Root Certification Authorities folder.

To install the app

  • From the folder with the appx package, run the PowerShell Add-AppxPackage command to install the appx package.

Source: https://technet.microsoft.com/itpro/windows/deploy/sideload-apps-in-windows-10

Upvotes: 3

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