I'm sideloading Windows 8.1 app on Windows 10. I know Win 8.1 apps required a sideloading key when it deploy through Windows 8.1 OS but due to the new feature on Windows 10 "Sideload apps" does that sideloading key still required?
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No. It's not required.
According this article
With Windows 8, Microsoft copied Apple’s iPad and iPhone model, forcing you to get your apps from Microsoft’s curated store. Windows 10 shifts back to a more PC-like, Android model — you can get apps from anywhere you like.
According technet.microsoft.com
In Windows 10, sideloading is different than in earlier versions of Windows:
You can unlock a device for sideloading using an enterprise policy, or through Settings License keys are not required Devices do not have to be joined to a domain

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