Microsoft Planning the Demise of Microsoft Store for Business and Education

We’ve known for a while that Microsoft was planning to retire the Microsoft Store for Business and Education, and now it looks like the whole thing is likely to happen rather sooner than later.

Beginning mid-April, Microsoft will no longer allow users to buy apps from this store, and while the company doesn’t say it specifically, it’s believed this is the first step towards the full retirement of the Store for Business and Education.

Happening sooner than anticipated

As reported by Neowin, Microsoft has published a notification on the official store page to indicate that while paid apps would no longer be available for purchase from the store, they would continue to run and receive updates ...