Validating Windows Store

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Validating Windows Store purchases for your app

Alwin Vyhmeister

Senior Program Manager

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Why validate purchases?

$

¥

€

£

₹Slide4
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What validation is done by Windows?

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Validations built in to Windows

App

i

ntegrity validation.

App license validation.

Runtime validation.Slide8

Licensing improvements in Windows 8.1

Better license sync.

Consumable in-app purchases.

Increased the PC limit.Slide9

Repairing non-genuine appsThe app’s tile is marked on the Start menu.

The app won’t launch.

Go to the Store to fix it.Slide10

Offline

purchase validation.

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Do purchase.

Check license state offline.

Offline purchase validation – inside the app

Store APIs

App

Store Services

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License

Cache

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Did they purchase the in-app offer?

Is my app running sideloaded

?

http://aka.ms/WinRT-LicensingSample

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Purchase validation with

receipts.

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Do purchase and

get a receipt.

Send the receipt

to your service.

Validate the

receipt signature.

Purchase validation with receipts

Store APIs

App

Store services

App’s services

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License

cacheSlide15

Modify app behavior when non-genuineSlide16

Basic proof of purchase validation.

Detect replays of old receipts.

Do PC activation to limit sharing.

http://aka.ms/WinRT-ReceiptValidation

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Give customers what they paid

for.

Protect your app investment.

Protect your service from

non-genuine use.

Validate purchasesSlide18

ResourcesStore API sample app.http://aka.ms/WinRT-LicensingSample

Using receipts to verify purchases.

http://

aka.ms/WinRT-ReceiptValidation

Using the application specific hardware Id.http://

aka.ms/WinRT-ASHWIDSlide19

Evaluate this session

Scan this QR code

to evaluate this session and be automatically entered in a

drawing

to

win

a

prize!

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