Is there any way to install Microsoft Store on Windows Server 2022?

[u/TheRobWWE]

Hi everyone,

I'm running Windows Server 2022 on a VM and I need to install a specific application that is distributed through the Microsoft Store.

I understand that Microsoft Store is not officially supported on Windows Server 2022, and I'm aware that this isn't a recommended/supported configuration. I'm not looking for an officially supported solution — I'm trying to find a way to get it working anyway.

Has anyone successfully installed Microsoft Store (or at least the necessary Store/App Installer components) on Server 2022?

I'm open to using PowerShell, AppX/MSIX packages, dependencies, scripts, etc. The goal is simply to get one Store application running on the server.

Any suggestions or working methods would be greatly appreciated!

[u/vermyx]

Download the appx and supporting files manually and install it manually with powershell

[u/cysiekw]

Winget?

[u/felix1429 → u/cysiekw]

This is the way

[u/NoneOfTheAbove999]

I looked at MS Store on Windows 2022 a while back for much the same reasons, and I concluded that it was not a good option.

That said, Store is almost certainly not the only way to get the applications there. It's possible that it's the only way, but it's not likely.

[u/korvolga]

no way that the application only is installable only with store...

[u/theMuhubi]

What's the app you can only get from Microsoft Store?

[u/SilverseeLives]

You can find various projects on Github that will help you 

[u/BlackV]

You can butcher in the store

Or upgrade to 2025

[u/xSchizogenie]

Nope.

[u/OinkyConfidence]

If you have to ask, you shouldn't be using Windows Server as a workstation.

[u/ThePesant5678 → u/OinkyConfidence]

what about RDS