Windows Dev Center short notes on Account type, locations and fees

There are two types of developer accounts, 1. Individual accounts 2. Company accounts Both of these types of accounts give access to the 

Below are some of the differences between Individual and Company account 

1. Individual account is restricted from using certain app capabilities

2. Cost approx 19USD, which varies according to the region

Where are company account is capable of below 

1, Requires verification through Symantec

2. Greater access to app capabilities 

3. Ability to submit verification of EV status

4. Requires the company to be recognized in the region or country 

5. Costs approx 99USD. 

There are main three capabilties

enterpriseAuthentication : uses Windows credentials to access corporate intranet. This is typically used in line of business app that connects to servers within an enterprise. (Typically, we don’t need this capability for generic communication over internet. 

sharedUserCertificates: Enables an app to access software and hardware certificates such as certificates stored on the smart card. This is typically used for financial or enterprise apps that require a smart card for authentication. 

documentsLibrary: Allows programmatic access to users documents, filtered to the type associations declared in the package manifest. (Typically, apps that use file picker for acessing files don’t need this permission) Note that apps targeting Windows Phone 8.1 or earlier cannot use this documentsLibrary capability.   

references:

https://dev.windows.com/en-us/getstarted