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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.

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

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

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systempuntoout
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  • Maybe this could help..http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20293899/authenticated-push-notifications-without-publishing-the-app-to-the-windows-phone .. one answer has an upvote – Koustav Ray Mar 21 '16 at 08:43

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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

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  • We are definitely on the new UI. We would like to enable Push notification for enterprise app without any trick. – systempuntoout Mar 23 '16 at 07:53
  • @systempuntoout sure you can do it without any tricks, I thought you lost your enterprise account :). – ProllyGeek Mar 23 '16 at 09:14
  • 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. – systempuntoout Mar 23 '16 at 09:23
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    @systempuntoout it is true that app is published , but the certificate option is available even without publishing, certificates are needed for Authenticated push notifications , check https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh221549.aspx – ProllyGeek Mar 23 '16 at 10:01
  • 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. – systempuntoout Mar 23 '16 at 10:07
  • @systempuntoout authenticated push notifications doesn't necessarily require publishing. – ProllyGeek Mar 23 '16 at 10:37
  • @systempuntoout check this AWS solution http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sns/latest/dg/mobile-push-mpns.html – ProllyGeek Mar 23 '16 at 10:43
  • 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). – systempuntoout Mar 24 '16 at 11:19