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You administer client computers in your company network. The network includes an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain.
Employees in the human resources (HR) department are getting new Windows 8.1 Enterprise computers. The HR department uses a line of business (LOB) Windows Store app named Timesheet that is not available in Windows Store.
You need to ensure that all employees in the HR department can use Timesheet on their new computers.
What should you do?
A. Set the Allow all trusted applications to install group policy to Enabled.
B. Set the Turn off the Store application group policy to Enabled.
C. Install and run the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit.
D. Install and run the Windows App Certification Kit.
Correct Answer: A
Explanation/Reference:
Currently, the Consumer Preview and Windows Server 8 Beta are classified as "enterprise sideloading enabled." This means that when a PC is domain joined, it can be configured to accept non-Windows Store apps from their IT admin. Moving forward, this functionality to install non-Windows Store Metro style apps will be available for Windows 8.1 Enterprise Edition and Windows 8.1 Server editions.
On an enterprise sideloading enabled edition, the IT admins needs to verify:
The PC is domain joined.
The group policy is set to "Allow all trusted apps to install".
The app is signed by a CA that is trusted on the target PCs
Note: While the Windows Store will be a great way to deploy apps to business customers, there are apps that IT admins will want to distribute directly to the end-users. This option makes sense for custom and proprietary line-of-business (LOB) apps, or enterprise software purchased directly from an ISV.
