DirecTv App not available on Windows Store

LOL. No you cant. Frank Allotta has it exactly right. If you are using a pc or any windows device, you cannot stream every channel in your package. period.

Your experience on an apple or Droid product will be far greater and easier than a windows device. And that sentence is really hard to type coming from a directv and MS windows pc/phone user.

While you can stream a few more channels on your home network vs external network, its still not the same as apple/Droid and you have no access to your playlist.

If you have DirecTV you can stream any DTV channel that is in your package to your PC or purchase content.

You have to install their player so you can't use an RT

Requirements for watching DIRECTV on a computer, tablet, or smartphone. Supported on Win 7,8.1 and 10 - also supports MAC

https://support.directv.com/streaming-dtv/3426

Most you can watch anywhere, some have to watch at home, I'm looking at the guide

Stream Live or view your channel guide at the bottom

https://www.directv.com/entertainment?lpos=Header:1

You can watch your recorded content on supported tablets and phones, none of them Windows.

A lot of what is said above is not correct.

You basically summarize what i said.  On a PC or Mac you can stream live channels and shows. Of course you have to go to their website  You cannot however stream content from the DVR to your PC or Mac because directv has killed any apps that offered the functionality.  Also not everything is streamable.  There are usually incomplete seasons of shows and live streams that they will only let you stream to a dumb device aka "smart phone."

I said "You can watch your recorded content on supported tablets and phones, none of them Windows"

I know you can't watch what you have on the DVR from the PC, that's why I  have an Android tablet

You can watch many shows on demand on your PC, same ones you can watch on demand from the Genie, past episodes.

It shares on demand content from home when you go to the guide on your PC

Everything on this page, you can watch full past episodes, whole seasons and search is at the top

https://www.directv.com/entertainment?lpos=Header:1

What is available doesn't look very restricted to me

This really sucks. I went to an ATT corporate store yesterday to purchase a new Lumia 640XL solely for streaming DTV on. The ATT sales rep very happily sold me the phone while commenting about how nice the 5.7" screen would be for viewing DTV. It now appears ATT also has a serious issue with a lack of training it sales reps with regards to which device is capable of streaming DTV. ATT, you sell phones that are not capable of delivering the content you are currently advertising, that's 100% on you and I will not take it lying down. If a solution can't be found at your (corporate ATT) store today, I will have the new service I ported over from T-Mobile yesterday, ported back. Sorry, but some things in life are quite simply inexcusable. ATT, this is one of those times! Get your buttocks in gear and get a Windows compatible DTV App published, TODAY!!!!

Did  ATT ever help you, further, with this?  

I don't know if it's lack of training,or if they're openly lying, just to increase sales.  After all, Wells-Fargo, apparently, made up many bogus accounts.  Why would that be? Maybe it would make them look better for stockholders?

So you posted a reply stating that he shouldn't post something if it is not helpful when all your post contains are things that have nothing to do with answering the op's question. Just stating that you don't like apple.

Anyway you should just be able to go to direct TV's website on your surface and you can use the in browser player.

I wish the major problems in my life were about streaming media over a mobile device. 

People need to take a step back realize how blessed they are and get some freaking perspective.

Excuse me, but  "NO".

ATT is making a public statement, which, is untrue. AKA:  They lie to increase sales.