Windows 8 app store coming soon – enterprise and developer details revealed

Microsoft has given more details on what to expect from its upcoming Windows Store for Windows 8 – the shop window for apps based on Windows 8's Metro interface.

Unlike previous Windows' interfaces, Metro is a tile-based system specifically designed for touchscreens - having already premiered as part of Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system.

According to Microsoft, enterprise IT managers have been asking about "deployment and management scenarios, such as compliance and security" around Windows 8, Ted Dworkin, partner program manager for the Store wrote in a blog post.

IT managers will be able to control what apps users can access from the Windows Store, or indeed whether they can access the store at all, Dworkin said. Read more...