How to Install Windows Store apps to Windows Server 2016

You might find other posts or discussion related this topic, however I just want to write down my own notes. 🙂 

I have Windows Server 2016 installed in my real machine, and setup Hyper-V for my test lab, but I do need some of the Windows Store apps in my Windows Server 2016, example Microsoft Whiteboard (Preview). Here are the steps what we need, it’s actually very simple.

1. Log in to Windows Store for business: https://businessstore.microsoft.com , I don’t write details here how you have access rights for this.
2. In top right corner search for “Microsoft Whiteboard (Preview)”

   

3. Find Microsoft Whiteboard (Preview), choose License type Offline, then click Get the app

   

4. Go to Products & services, open Microsoft Whiteboard (Preview)

   

5. Choose Minimum version 1607, Architecture X64.
   We choose minimum version 1607, because Windows Server 2016 is version 1607, it won’t work if choose other version.

   

   

6. Download the whole package and the required frameworks

   

7. You should have 4 Appx files in your download folder

   

8. Run PowerShell with elevated privileges, use Add-AppxPackage command install required frameworks, then install Microsoft Whiteboard (Preview) app.

   

9. So now you have Microsoft Whiteboard (Preview) installed in Windows Server 2016

   

Happy holiday! 😀