How to push apps to Windows devices from the application store in Endpoint Manager

Open Endpoint Manager > Click 'Application Store' > 'Windows Application Store'

• The Windows application store is a one-stop repository of hundreds of popular productivity and security tools for Windows.
   
• Apps include Adobe Acrobat, CCleaner, Firefox, Thunderbird and more. The list is continuously updated by Xcitium.
   
• Admins can remotely install these apps on managed devices from the EM console.

Process in short

• Log into Xcitium
   
• Click ‘Applications’ > ‘Endpoint Manager’
   
• Click 'Application Store' > 'Windows Application Store'
   
• Select the applications you wish to install
   
• Click the ‘Install Selected Applications’ button
   
• Choose the target Windows devices then click ‘Install’

Process in detail

Make sure target devices are online

Choose the apps you want to install

Confirm the installations were successful

Step 1: Make sure target devices are online

• Log into Xcitium
   
• Click ‘Applications’ > ‘Endpoint Manager’
   
• Click ‘Devices’ > ‘Device List’
   
• All target devices should have the green, ‘online’ symbol beside their name:

Step 2: Choose the apps you want to install

• Click 'Application Store' > 'Windows Application Store'
   
• Select the applications you want then click 'Install Selected Application(s)':

• All Devices - Install the latest version of the apps on every managed Windows device.
   
• Selected Devices - Install the apps on specific devices:
   
  • Choose 'Selected device(s)'
     
  • Type the first few letters of the device name in the space provided then select from the suggestions:
    
    
     
• Repeat to add multiple devices.

Note - The version number drop-down is not available if you select 'All devices', multiple devices, or multiple apps.

• Select the application version (available for single application/ single device installs only)
  
  
   
• Click 'Install'

The install command is sent to the devices immediately.

Step 3: Confirm the applications installed correctly

There are two places you can check to see if an application is installed on a device:

• The Windows application store
   
• The 'Device Details' interface

The Windows application store

• Login to  Xcitium
   
• Click 'Applications' > 'Endpoint Manager'
   
• Click ‘Application Store’ > ‘Windows Application Store’
   
• Locate the application you installed (click the funnel on the right to search)
   
• Click the number in the ‘Installed Devices’ column

Devices on which the application is installed are shown as a list:
 

The device details interface

• Log into Xcitium
   
• Click ‘Applications’ > ‘Endpoint Manager’
   
• Click ‘Devices’ > ‘Device List’
   
• Click on a device name to open its details page
   
• Click the ‘Software Inventory’ tab
   
• Apps are listed by installation date. Newly installed apps should be near the top of the list: