Deploy Windows 8 metro app in OSD

Question

Hello,
I'm working on certifying notebooks with Windows 8 image for corporate use and have faced some issues with Windows 8 sideloading.
Lenovo provides "Lenovo Settings" application for its notebooks. It's additional software to handle battery, wireless, etc. and it's implemented as Metro-style app. It could be found in Windows Store, however, Lenovo also provies stand-alone solution
for enterprise in .appx format that could be sideloaded. Unfortunately, Lenovo do not provide instructions on how to load and instead points to Microsoft documentation.
When I try to sideload application to user/machine after OOBE with dism or powershell - everything works great. Application appears to users and could be used.
I was also able to inject the application to .wim file in offline mode. I'm aware of necessary group policies and pre-set both of them:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Appx]
"AllowAllTrustedApps"=dword:00000001
"AllowDeploymentInSpecialProfiles"=dword:00000001
But the real problem comes when I try to deploy image to the fresh PC (I use SCCM 2012 SP1, OSD feature). I can list all loaded apps with (DISM /online /Get-ProvisionedAppxPackages) and Lenovo Settings app lists as installed during any action in task sequence
in FullOS mode. But when I first logon to the machine after deployment, application do not appear to user (I know about built-in Administrator restriction and I'm using custom account that is admin on the PC). Using the same command to view installed W8 applications,
Lenovo Settings do not appear any more in the list.
I was able to find one entry in the logs (Event Viewer -> Applications and Services Logs -> Microsoft -> Windows > AppxDeployment-Server -> Microsoft-Windows-AppXDeploymentServer/Operational):
Package(s) with the following package full names were not registered due to sideloading policy restrictions:
LenovoCorporation.LenovoSettings_1.1.0.11169_x86__4642shxvsv8s2
Image - Windows 8 Enterprise x64.And It's joined to the domain during OSD (Apply Network Settings step, before I've used DISM to add W8 app). All sideloading requirements are met.
I've tried to reapply AllowAllTrustedApps and AllowDeploymentInSpecialProfiles policies in Task sequence from using gpedit.msc, then I've tried to reapply Lenovo settings using dism - it says that import is successfull and application could be listed as
installed. But the same problem appears when I logon to the deployed PC.
So, my question is whether Microsoft supports Windows 8 metro-application sideloading during OS deployment. And if so, what would be the correct procedure to overcome described issue?
As for now, I've tested all cases that I can think of, so any suggestions are welcome.
Thank you!

Answer 1

i don't think it's supported, have a look at
slide 25 here and I quote
Applications are installed per-user
”Installing” an application makes it available for a single user
”Provisioning” an application makes it install for each user on the computer.
"ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 only supports “installation” of applications,
not the “provisioning” of applications.  Installation is done per user, hence the user deployment above.  Provisioning is done per machine, as provisioned apps automatically install for each user the next time they log in.
If you look in the MDT 2012 Update 1 “ZTIApplications.wsf” script and you’ll see this:
sCmd = "DISM.EXE /online /Add-ProvisionedAppxPackage
/PackagePath:""" &
oUtility.SelectSingleNodeString(oNode,"CommandLine")
& """ /SkipLicense"
1- Download app samples from
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/Windows-8-Modern-Style-App-Samples and
extract it somewhere
2- Download visual studio express for windows 8 from
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/11/en-us/downloads#express-win8
3- get a developer license (it will ask you when you 1st open the visual studio. At this stage you need to have internet access)
4- open any c# application
5- Build or rebuild the app  (right click application, click rebuild)
6- Store, create App Package...
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