MOAC 70-687 - Configuring Windows 8 Lab Manual

Lab 6

Installing and configuring windows store applications

This lab contains the following exercises and activities:

Exercise 6.1 / Using Group Policy to Restrict Access to the Windows Store
Exercise 6.2 / Disabling Automatic Download Updates of the Windows Store
Lab Challenge / Blocking Automatic Updates from Within the Windows Store App
Exercise 6.1 / Using Group Policy to Restrict Access to the Windows Store
Overview / In this exercise, you will install the Windows 8/Windows Server 2012 Administrative Templates and then use GPOs to restrict access to the Windows Store.
Mindset / To maintain security within an organization, you may choose to restrict users from using the Store to download and install applications.
Completion time / 20 minutes
Question 1 / What is the default installation folder?

18. Press Ctrl+Prt Scr to take a screen shot that captures both the Turn off the Store application dialog box and the Group Policy Management Editor window. Press Ctrl+V to paste the image on the page provided in the Lab 6 worksheet file.

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Exercise 6.2 / Disabling Automatic Download Updates of the Windows Store
Overview / In this exercise, you will use a GPO to disable the automatic downloading of updates from the Windows store.
Mindset / Sometimes, updates can cause unforeseen problems. To avoid some of these problems, you can stop applications from downloading and installing updates for Windows Store applications.
Completion time / 10 minutes

4. Press Ctrl+Prt Scr to take a screen shot of the Turn off Automatic Download of updates dialog box and the Group Policy Management Editor window. Press Ctrl+V to paste the image on the page provided in the Lab 6 worksheet file.

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Lab Challenge / Blocking Automatic Updates from within the Windows Store App
Overview / In this lab challenge, you will demonstrate how to disable automatic download updates using the Windows Store App.
Mindset / You have a local computer that is sensitive and you do not want to deploy any updates or changes to the system unless you manually update or change the system.
Completion time / 5 minutes

As a local administrator for the computer running Windows 8, you want to demonstrate how to block automatic updates from within the Windows Store App by writing out the steps that it would take to disable automatic downloads updates using the Windows Store app. Since your machine does not have Internet access, this is only a written exercise.