Windows 10: Limit Windows 10 sideloading source

Hi Everyone.


We develop internal applications in .NET and are changing over to APPX/MSIX installations for deployment. We would like to avoid using any kind of internal Store using sideloading. We would obviously have to allow non-admins the ability to do so via group policy.


Is there any way to control what they can install more specifically? Say, who signed the application?


Thanks

Ernie

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Sideloading on Windows phone 10

Hi,

Thank you for being part of Microsoft Community.

In Windows 10, sideloading is different than in earlier versions of Windows:

• 
  You can unlock a device for sideloading using an enterprise policy, or through
  Settings
  
• 
  License keys are not required
  
• 
  Devices do not have to be joined to a domain
  

Sideload LOB apps in Windows 10

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

Please revert if you face any issues with Windows in future.

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Source to use for DISM on Windows 10

This is not completely true. The suggestion is to download the Techbench version and use DISM to apply to install.wim directly. However, you can also use the version download from MCT except it will involve an extra step as follows:

1. Use the latest version of 7-Zip to extract the content of install.esd. For example: to a folder xxx on the desktop
2. From Admin command prompt:
   Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\xxx\windows /LimitAccess

See screen shot, the contents of install.wim and install.esd are exactly the same.