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Troubleshoot the Microsoft Store for Business and Education integration with Configuration Manager

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This article provides key troubleshooting tips and fixes for some of the top issues that you may have with the Microsoft Store for Business and Education (MSfB) integration with Configuration Manager.

For more information about using the Microsoft Store for Business and Education with Configuration Manager, see Manage apps from the Microsoft Store for Business and Education with Configuration Manager.

Monitor

Component status

In the Configuration Manager console, go to the Monitoring workspace, expand System Status, and select the Component Status node. Monitor status of the following components:

  • SMS_BUSINESS_APP_PROCESS_MANAGER
  • SMS_CLOUDCONNECTION

Sync status

In the Configuration Manager console, go to the Administration workspace, expand Cloud Services, and select the Microsoft Store for Business node. Check the Last Sync Status column.

View synchronized apps

In the Configuration Manager console, go to the Software Library workspace, expand Application Management, and select the License Information for Store Apps node.

Log files

WSfBSyncWorker.log

This log file is located on the service connection point, under \Logs in the Configuration Manager installation directory. It records information about the communication with the cloud service. This information includes metadata, icons, packages, and license file retrieval.

To change the log level, change the LoggingLevel value to 0 in the HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\Tracing\SMS_CLOUDCONNECTION registry key. For more information, see Configure logging options.

SMS_CLOUDCONNECTION.log

This log file is located on the service connection point, under \Logs in the Configuration Manager installation directory. If the WSfBSyncWorker service isn't started, or repeatedly starts and stops, review the entries in this log file.

Note

This log file is shared with other features.

BusinessAppProcessWorker.log

This log file is located on the site server for the top-level site in the hierarchy. It's under \Logs in the Configuration Manager installation directory. It records information about the following processes:

  • Insert the metadata information synced by the BusinessAppProcessWorker component into the database
  • Process files in \InstallDir\inboxes\businessappprocess.box

SMS_BUSINESS_APP_PROCESS_MANAGER.log

This log file is located on the site server for the top-level site in the hierarchy. It's under \Logs in the Configuration Manager installation directory. If the BusinessAppProcessWorker service isn't started, or repeatedly starts and stops, review the entries in this log file.

Last sync failed

When the last sync status is failed, start by reviewing the following log files to identify the symptom:

  • WSfbSyncWorker.log
  • SMS_CLOUDCONNECTION.log

Then look at one of the following sections for common issues:

Authorization error

Cause

This issue can occur if the configured Microsoft Entra application doesn't have permissions to manage the Microsoft Store for Business and Education for this tenant.

Workaround

  1. Sign in as an administrator to the Microsoft Store for Business or Education portal.
  2. Go to Settings, and select Management tools.
  3. If the application isn't listed, select Add a management tool. Then search by name and select the Microsoft Entra application associated with the same ClientID as Configuration Manager.
  4. If the status doesn't show Active, then select Activate in the Action section.
  5. In the Configuration Manager console, go to the Administration workspace, expand Cloud Services, and select the Microsoft Store for Business node. Synchronize with the store, or wait for the next sync interval to occur.

Tip

To find the ClientID in Configuration Manager:

  1. In the Configuration Manager console, go to the Administration workspace, expand Cloud Services, and select the Microsoft Entra Tennts node.
  2. Select the tenant that you use for the Microsoft Store for Business and Education integration.
  3. In the results pane, find the matching application, and look at the Client ID column.

The secret key is invalid

Cause

This issue can occur if the secret key has expired on the Microsoft Entra app for the Microsoft Store for Business and Education configuration.

Resolution

Renew the secret key for the Microsoft Entra application. For more information, see Renew secret key.

Error getting application token

Cause

This issue can occur if the connected app no longer exists in Microsoft Entra ID.

Resolution

Delete and recreate the connection to the Microsoft Store for Business and Education.

  1. In the Configuration Manager console, go to the Administration workspace, expand Cloud Services, and select the Microsoft Store for Business node.
  2. Select the existing connection.
  3. Select Delete in the ribbon.

Then recreate the connection. For more information, see the following articles:

Content location doesn't exist or incorrect permissions

Cause

When you set up the Microsoft Store for Business and Education connection, you specify a network share for storing synchronized content. This issue can occur if this share doesn't exist or has incorrect permissions. The computer account for the service connection point should be the owner of this directory and any sub-directories. If it isn't, you'll see an error similar to the following error:

Failed to download package d788cc1b-ab00-bb5f-1548-f2dfe717583b-X86-Arm for product 9WZDNCRFJ3PS\0015.  
System.IO.IOException: This security ID may not be assigned as the owner of this object.

To see the location that you configured:

  1. In the Configuration Manager console, go to the Administration workspace, expand Cloud Services, and select the Microsoft Store for Business node.

  2. Select the account and open its Properties.

  3. Switch to the Configuration tab. The Location setting shows the network path to store application content downloaded from the Microsoft Store for Business and Education.

Workaround

  1. If it doesn't already exist, create the share.

  2. Check NTFS permissions on the folder, and the permissions on the network share. Grant the computer account of the service connection point Read and Write permissions.

If you want to reconfigure the location, delete and recreate the connection with the new content location.

Error occurred making http request calling 'GET' method

Cause

This issue can occur if the sync of applications from the store took so long that the content URL expired.

Workaround

Retry the sync process

  1. In the Configuration Manager console, go to the Administration workspace, expand Cloud Services, and select the Microsoft Store for Business node.
  2. Select the connection. In the ribbon, select Sync from Microsoft Store for Business.

With each time, it should continue further. It may take several retries depending on the following factors:

  • The number of offline applications
  • The size of the packages
  • The network speed

With each attempt, you should see the error fewer times. If the number of errors doesn't reduce, there's another issue.

Cannot write more bytes to the buffer

Cause

This issue can occur if the application's package is larger than 500 MB. Configuration Manager only supports automatic synchronization of offline applications with packages less than 500 MB.

Workaround

You can't automatically sync these apps, but you can download the content, and manually create the application:

  1. Get the failing application ID from the following line in WSfbSynWorker.log:

    Error(s) syncing or downloading application <ApplicationID> from the Microsoft Store for Business.

  2. Sign in as an administrator to the Microsoft Store for Business or Education portal. Find the page for this application.

    Tip

    The URL for the page is similar to: https://businessstore.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/app/ApplicationID

    1. Select Offline, if it isn't already selected. Then select Manage.

    2. Create a separate folder on your application content share for all supported platforms.

    3. Download the package to the package folder.

    4. Download the encoded license file as a .bin file to the package folder.

    5. Download all required frameworks to the package folder.

  3. In the Configuration Manager console, go to the Software Library workspace, expand Application Management, and select the Applications node.

  4. Create an application, manually specifying the application information.

    1. Create a deployment type for each supported platform that you previously downloaded.

    2. Type: Windows app package (*.appx, *.appxbundle)

    3. Specify the appx/appxbundle for the actual app package, not a required dependency package.

Confirm the following details on the final Import Information page:

  • License file: Specifies the .bin file. This license file is required for offline apps.
  • Windows app dependencies: Verify that all of the required dependencies are downloaded for this package.

Online application download fails with 0x8024500c

Cause

An 0x8024500c error during download is typically caused by the Do not connect to any Windows Update Internet locations group policy that blocks Windows Update access.

Workaround

Don't enable the Do not connect to any Windows Update Internet locations group policy object.

Sync doesn't run

This section covers the following sync issues:

  • You manually start the sync process, but it doesn't run
  • The site doesn't automatically sync each day

Start by reviewing the following log files to identify the symptom:

  • BusinessAppProcessWorker.log
  • SMS_BUSINESS_APP_PROCESS_MANAGER.log
  • WsfbSyncWorker.log
  • SMS_CLOUDCONNECTION.log

Then look at one of the following sections for common issues:

Manual sync doesn't start

Cause

This issue can occur if you start a sync less than 10 minutes after the previous sync. You can't sync more frequently than every 10 minutes.

Resolution

Wait for at least 10 minutes before starting another sync.

Automatic daily sync doesn't run and "shutting down # workers" error in SMS_BUSINESS_APP_PROCESS_MANAGER.log

Cause

This issue can occur if the SMS_BUSINESS_APP_PROCESS_MANAGER component stops the WsfbSyncWorker thread. The error may specify either 2 or 4 workers.

Workaround

Restart the SMS_EXECUTIVE service.

If you're not able to restart that main service, stop both components with MSfB workers, and then start both:

  1. Open the Windows registry on the server that runs the service connection point

  2. Go to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\COMPONENTS\SMS_EXECUTIVE\Threads\SMS_CLOUDCONNECTION

    1. Set Requested Operation to Stop.

    2. Refresh to verify Current State = Stopped.

  3. Go to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\COMPONENTS\SMS_EXECUTIVE\Threads\SMS_BUSINESS_APP_PROCESS_MANAGER

    1. Set Requested Operation to Stop.

    2. Refresh to verify Current State = Stopped.

  4. In SMS_CLOUDCONNECTION, set Requested Operation to Start.

  5. In SMS_BUSINESS_APP_PROCESS_MANAGER, set Requested Operation to Start.

This section includes the following common issues:

Language selection changes aren't applied

Cause

This issue can occur if the language selection is cached, and isn't cleared after the property values are changed.

Workaround

To resolve this problem, restart the SMS_Executive service.

Not all selected languages are present for all license information

Cause

This issue can occur if the Microsoft Store for Business and Education application's license information doesn't contain localized data for the specified language.

Workaround

Manually add any missing languages for created applications.

Offline applications

This section includes the following common issues:

Fail to create offline application because content can't be verified

Cause

This issue can occur if the synchronized content for the offline application is corrupt or modified.

Workaround

Start a new sync. When the sync completes, it should verify and download any incorrect content files.

Fail to install application created from offline license information

Cause

This issue can occur if you deploy the application to a client running a version of Windows 10 earlier than version 1511. Offline licensed apps from the Microsoft Store for Business and Education are only supported on Windows 10 version 1511 and later.

Resolution

Install the latest version of Windows 10.

Next steps

To find additional help, see Find help for using Configuration Manager.