Searching for apps installed via the Mac App Store by the end user (NOT VPP)

Question

Is there a way to do a search on all Macs to generate a list of all apps that were installed from the App Store? Until now I haven't been locking down the App Store access because that option in the Config Profile just didn't work in previous versions of JSS. Now that we're on version 9.92 I want to see if I can lock down the App Store to only allow updates, but before I do I need to find out what apps are floating around out there.

Any suggestions? We aren't using VPP for now because our firewall and proxy is a complete nightmare and i'm giving up on trying to get exceptions granted for that until maybe later.

Any suggestions?  We aren't using VPP for now because our firewall and proxy is a complete nightmare and i'm giving up on trying to get exceptions granted for that until maybe later.

mm2270 · Accepted Answer

Ok, found it. Check out this threadThis utilizes yet another Extension Attribute, but I'm not sure if there's a simple way directly through the JSS to do such a search. I know the JSS lists if an app came from the App Store when viewing an individual Mac record's application list, but I don't see a way to use that information in a global search.

mm2270 · Answer

This came up in another discussion and I offered a possible solution. Let me locate it and post the link for you here.

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