Surprise from Microsoft, or who is PCBP for Russia
In the Windows 8 Apps Store for each game, you must specify the minimum age from which it can be played. Also there is an opportunity to download certificates that confirm the specified age. For some countries, such a certificate is mandatory, that is, without it, the application cannot be distributed in the specified country. More recently, Russia has been added to Korea, South Africa, Brazil, and Taiwan. Now to distribute the application in Russia, you must provide a PCBP certificate.
But how? There is no such certificate in Microsoft documentation .
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Further more about such a certificate does not know neither Google, nor even Microsoft technical support.
Correspondence with technical support
You: And I noticed that Russia also requires the certificate now.
James: Thanks for the extra information.
According to the MSDN article, I’m not aware of the certificate.
James: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh694080.aspx
You: Just a moment I will send you screenshoot
James: Ok, thank you.
You: dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3830689/winscreen.png
You: This is a screen from dashboard
James: Thank you for the screenshot. Since the app is currently in certification, this information is not accessible to me at this time.
James: You mentioned that only you were adding for this update.
You: OK but what about the Russian cretificat. I didn’t want to go to Google nor nor local local news.
This is a certificate for you. My apologies.
James: Thanks for the extra information.
According to the MSDN article, I’m not aware of the certificate.
James: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh694080.aspx
You: Just a moment I will send you screenshoot
James: Ok, thank you.
You: dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3830689/winscreen.png
You: This is a screen from dashboard
James: Thank you for the screenshot. Since the app is currently in certification, this information is not accessible to me at this time.
James: You mentioned that only you were adding for this update.
You: OK but what about the Russian cretificat. I didn’t want to go to Google nor nor local local news.
This is a certificate for you. My apologies.
No certificate application was rejected. And how to get it no one knows. Perhaps someone from Habr's users has already been able to clarify the situation?
UPD: A Microsoft employee unsubscribed to the mail. He said that they are very sorry that I can not find information. He promised that until Friday they would send me an explanation.
UPD2: At the moment there is a solution that has been verified by the user Nomad1 . In the certificate field, just upload the appropriate one from the following images (large images are available by click):
UPD3: Friday, the answer came from the support, where they said that they still do not know what it is and continue to investigate.
UPD4: Applications are now without problems pass without a certificate.
UPD5: Microsoft gave clarification. From the documentation for certificates msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh694080.aspx PCBP refers to www.rg.ru/2012/07/30/zakon-dok.html . In a word, the advice from UPD2 is fully working. Worth noting an unprecedented reaction rate. Only 7 days after the remark.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/189340/
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