Setting Up Windows Notification Service (WNS)

In SOTI MobiControl 14.0-15.4 the Windows Notification Services (WNS) enables SOTI MobiControl to push live updates to enrolled Windows Modern devices running Windows 10 and later.

Note: This does not include Windows Classic Desktop devices.

Important Note: Starting in SOTI MobiControl 15.5, when enrolling Windows 10 – 16299 (Pro, Enterprise, IoT Enterprise) and later devices, the Windows Modern agent can facilitate live connections with the device and WNS is no longer needed.

Prerequisites:

• A Microsoft developer account.
• SOTI MobiControl 14.0 and later.

1. Open two tabs in a modern browser (Chromium-based or Firefox).
2. In one tab, navigate to the developer portal (dev.microsoft.com) and in the other tab, navigate to your local SOTI MobiControl web console.
3. In the developer portal, select the Windows tile under the Start building on these Microsoft products heading.
   
4. Select Dashboard.
5. Log in with an account that has a developer license.
6. From the Microsoft Partner Center Home, select Apps and games under Workspaces.
7. Select New product > App.
8. Enter a name for the app then select Reserve product name.
9. Select Product management -> Product Identity.
10. In the SOTI MobiControl web console, navigate to Global Settings -> Windows Notification Services Configuration.
11. Copy and paste the Package SID and the Package Family Name (PFN) into the required fields in the SOTI MobiControl web console.
12. Prepend the Package SID with ms-app://
13. In the developer portal, select Product management -> WNS/MPNS.
14. Select the link to the App Registration portal highlighted below.
15. Sign in with the same Microsoft developer account if prompted.
16. Select Certificates & secrets from the sidebar.
17. Select New client secret.
18. In the Description field, enter any name and select 24 months from the Expires field.
19. Select Add.
20. Copy and paste the information from the Value field into the Client Secret field in the SOTI MobiControl web console.
    
    Note: Copy the text from the Value field to a secure location, in case you need it in the future. After a short time, the information in the Value field becomes obfuscated and you need to delete the existing entry and create a new one.
    
    
21. Select OK to save the WNS configuration in the SOTI MobiControl web console. WNS is now configured.