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Add how to install from MS Store using PowerShell #2925

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### Microsoft Store [Recommended]

The client is distributed within the [App Installer](https://www.microsoft.com/p/app-installer/9nblggh4nns1) package.
The client is distributed within the [App Installer](https://www.microsoft.com/p/app-installer/9nblggh4nns1) package.

### Microsoft Store using PowerShell

```PowerShell
$applicationId = "9NBLGGH4NNS1" # Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe
$skuId = 0016
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Why create a variable here when it's only used once later?


# Obtain packageFamilyName from applicationId
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Why do we need to obtain the packageFamilyName if it is already known?

$webpage = Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri "https://bspmts.mp.microsoft.com/v1/public/catalog/Retail/Products/$applicationId/applockerdata"
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I'm not sure if talking directly to this endpoint would be advertised by us.

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This is not needed... We can hardcode packageFamilyName directly as:

$packageFamilyName = 'Microsoft.Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe'

It's constant for this product across all versions so it's safe and faster. This construct is part of the gist which I simply reused as is... It's definitely better not to depend on any APIs, let alone unofficial ones.

$packageFamilyName = ($webpage | ConvertFrom-JSON).packageFamilyName
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Invoke-RestMethod will automatically parse the JSON rather than requiring an explicit call to ConvertFrom-JSON


# Prepare CIM session object
$namespaceName = "root\cimv2\mdm\dmmap"
$session = New-CimSession
$omaUri = "./Vendor/MSFT/EnterpriseModernAppManagement/AppInstallation"
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Why create a variable here when it's only used once later?

$newInstance = New-Object Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance "MDM_EnterpriseModernAppManagement_AppInstallation01_01", $namespaceName
$property = [Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimProperty]::Create("ParentID", $omaUri, "string", "Key")
$newInstance.CimInstanceProperties.Add($property)
$property = [Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimProperty]::Create("InstanceID", $packageFamilyName, "String", "Key")
$newInstance.CimInstanceProperties.Add($property)

# Set CIM session parameters
$flags = 0
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Why create a variable here when it's only used once later?

$paramValue = [Security.SecurityElement]::Escape($('<Application id="{0}" flags="{1}" skuid="{2}"/>' -f $applicationId, $flags, $skuId))
$params = New-Object Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimMethodParametersCollection
$param = [Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimMethodParameter]::Create("param", $paramValue, "String", "In")
$params.Add($param)

try {
# we create the MDM instance and trigger the StoreInstallMethod
$instance = $session.CreateInstance($namespaceName, $newInstance)
$result = $session.InvokeMethod($namespaceName, $instance, "StoreInstallMethod", $params)
}
catch [Exception] {
write-host $_ | out-string
}

# Dispose CIM session object
Remove-CimSession -CimSession $session

# Wait for a while - application is installed from Microsoft Store on the background
```
*Credit: [@JuryA](https://github.com/JuryA), inspired by [@adotcoop](https://gist.github.com/adotcoop) and his [Install-CompanyPortal.ps1](https://gist.github.com/adotcoop/0241d371684c3771000385dd93da77e4#file-install-companyportal-ps1)*

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