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Wednesday, June 5, 2019 8:14 AM

Is there any range of IP or an URL that I can use to white list the Windows Store on my firewall.

Normally if users need to download apps then win10 use micsoft.update service to download the apps.

If we allow micsoft.update then its create huge traffic on internet line and that's why we have blocked.

But when we blocked micsoft.update then users also can't download apps because apps is also using micsoft.update services.

Questions: 

Is there any range of IP or an URL that I can use to white list the Windows Store/apps on my firewall?

Or is there any other way to solve this issue?          

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Wednesday, June 5, 2019 2:13 PM ✅Answered

Do some reading here:

How to Allow Only Apps From the Store on Windows 10 (and Whitelist Desktop Apps)

S.Sengupta,Microsoft MVP Windows and Devices for IT, Windows Insider MVP


Thursday, June 6, 2019 2:09 AM ✅Answered

Similar case here. But doesn’t mentioned whitelist or Windows Store IP address

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Windows-10-deployment/Disable-Windows-Update-while-allowing-the-Windows-Store/td-p/76276

you may try to restrict Internet communication for Windows Update to test in GPO

Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\System\Internet Communications Management

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