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    Hi community,

    is there a way to develop a Windows 8 App without using Store or having a developer licence?

    My situation:

    Working on a development client pc. Nothing installed, no connection to the internet. Windows 8 and Visual Studio have been provisioned and installed by the customer. So i hope you understand my dilema, i do not have a network connection, so i can not get a developer licence by Visual Studio and if i would have network, i do not want to use my personal LiveID.

    How do you develop Apps for Windows 8 which should not be shared in the Store and which are not for public use?

    Wednesday, April 3, 2013 6:40 PM

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    Hi Martin,

    Unfortunately there is no way to achieve this. You will need to have an "active" developer License to perform development/debugging of a Windows Store app. Once you get a developer license, you can debug apps on that machine.

    However, these apps do not need to go to the Store if they are meant for a private use, such as apps for internal company usage. This process of deploying apps is called as side-loading of apps and such apps do not need to go to the store.

    You can take a look at these links that talk about how the side-loading process works.

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/jj874388.aspx?ocid=wc-nl-insider

    http://technet.microsoft.com/library/hh852635.aspx

    Thanks,

    Prashant.

    @prashantphadke || Windows Store Developer Solutions #WSDevSol || Want more solutions? See our blog! http://aka.ms/t4vuvz

    • Marked as answer by Martin Rommel Thursday, April 4, 2013 6:04 AM
    Wednesday, April 3, 2013 11:23 PM
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