title: Authenticated push notifications without publishing the App to the Windows Phone Store
body: <p>We are currently developing a <strong>Windows Phone 8</strong> application that won't be published to the <em>Windows Phone Store</em> but will be distributed through our <em>Company Portal</em> (<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/library/jj733640.aspx" rel="noreferrer">Windows Intune Direct Management</a>).</p>
  
  <p>Our team would like to add <strong><em>Push Notifications</em></strong> using <em>MPNS</em> (Microsoft Push Notification Service) but we are aware that, without submitting the app to the <em>Windows Phone Store</em>, we would be forced to use unauthenticated push notifications that are <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/ff941099%28v=vs.105%29.aspx" rel="noreferrer">throttled</a> to something like 500 notifications\day per subscription.</p>
  
  <p>We are evaluating to try a service like <a href="http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/manage/services/notification-hubs/get-started-notification-hubs-wp8/" rel="noreferrer">Azure Notification hub</a> but It's hard to find some clear documentation about how to set up authenticated push notifications with <strong><em>Notification Hub</em></strong> and even more important, if <em>Notification Hub</em> has the same policy that force to submit the mobile application to the Store.</p>
  
  <p>So, the questions are:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>In order to use unthrottled authenticated push notifications, do you know if <em>Notification Hub</em> requires the app submission to the Windows Phone Store?  </li>
  <li>Do you know any other valid way to get no-quota push notifications?</li>
  </ol>