Push Notifications on Windows Server 2012: PushNotificationChannelManager.CreatePushNotificationChannelForApplicationAsync() fails

I created an application that uses Raw Push Notifications – it works fine on Windows 8 but when running it on Windows Server 2012 it fails with an error that it could not register the push channel.

The error occurs at the function PushNotificationChannelManager.CreatePushNotificationChannelForApplicationAsync()

After trying to add some features to the Server I finally managed to get it to work. This is a preliminary list of features that are installed on my server – I am sure that not all of them are required but I can’t do the testing at the moment.

Features installed on my server to enable Push Notifications:

• .NET Framework 3.5 Features (all features)
• .NET 4.5 Features
• ASP.NET 4.5
• Ink and Handwriting Services
• Media Foundation
• Message Queuing (all features)
• Quality Windows Audio Video Experience
• User Interfaces and Infrastructure (all features)
• Web Server (IIS) (all features)
• Windows Process Activation Service (all features)
• Windows Power Shell (all features except Power Shell Web Access)
• WoW64 Support