No-quota push notifications for Windows Phone company app

Question

Is it still possible to enable authenticated (no-quota) push notifications for company app on Windows Phone?

There were a couple of blog posts by Windows Phone team documenting the process to enable no-quota push notifications for company app but now, on development portal, it is not possible to upload a certificate without linking it to an app.

• https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2013/12/10/enabling-no-quota-push-notifications-for-company-apps-on-windows-phone/

• https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2013/06/06/no-quota-push-notifications-using-a-root-certificate-authority/

I'm sure Microsoft added this feature a couple of years ago but now it seems to has been removed.

Do you know if authenticated push notifications for company app is still supported by Microsoft?

Lactation

Maybe this could help..#20294399 .. one answer has an upvote – Phonometer

Answer 1

This is because you have the old developer account UI , and I think you should upgrade to store dev :

Unify windows phone developer account with store developer account

However , there was old trick for enterprise testers to test their apps by passing windows store with Build it Beta, it is similar to testflight, or hockeyapps.

Update:

if you are saying that you have updated your account, and you got the new dashboard simply follow :

Dashboard>apps>services>push notifications

as appears in image below

Sussex

We are definitely on the new UI. We would like to enable Push notification for enterprise app without any trick. – Lactation

@Lactation sure you can do it without any tricks, I thought you lost your enterprise account :). – Sussex

The push notification settings in your screenshot are linked to a "published" app. Microsoft, a couple of years ago added a feature to upload a certificate without publishing any app at all. – Lactation

@Lactation it is true that app is published , but the certificate option is available even without publishing, certificates are needed for Authenticated push notifications , check msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh221549.aspx – Sussex

Do you suggest to upload the enterprise app without publishing it as a beta? That looks like a trick to me. I'm using authenticated push notification for another public app available on the store; this app I'm talking about, should be kept private and still supports authenticated push notifications. – Lactation

@Lactation authenticated push notifications doesn't necessarily require publishing. – Sussex

@Lactation check this AWS solution docs.aws.amazon.com/sns/latest/dg/mobile-push-mpns.html – Sussex

I do not want to use private beta (Betas expire) and I do not want to upload my enterprise app to the store (it requires review by Microsoft and we can't give them our enterprise data). – Lactation