No, I did not get any response to my post, but did find this page: 
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21867?locale=en_US 
<https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21867?locale=en_US>.

It looks like you can delete the non-essential Apple programs like GarageBand 
and iMovie. I don’t know if deleting them keeps the updater from notifying you 
of updates. I’ll just have to try that on a couple of machines and see what 
happens.

> On Aug 10, 2016, at 4:45 PM, Beth Phillips <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Dan,
> 
> Curious if you had any responses on this? In a corporate environment and I
> would love to be able to get rid of a few things like Notifications and
> other Apple apps that are not utilized, or that our end users don't need
> access to.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> Beth Phillips
> IT Associate
> PHONE | 800-626-6409 x8385
> DIRECT | 502-222-8385
> EMAIL | [email protected]
> WEBSITE | www.FastlineMediaGroup.com
> On 8/5/16 3:06 PM, "Dan Crutcher" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Is there a way to turn off updating of Apple-installed apps? On some work
> computers that I manage, I don¹t want to update (or even use) certain
> applications, such as GarageBand, Keynote or iMovie, but am notified
> whenever there is an update available. Prior to the App Store, there was a
> checkbox for ³Don¹t notify of updates for this application² or something
> to that effect. But I don¹t see anything like that now.
> 
> Could I just uninstall the programs that I don¹t want to use or update
> (which is to say, drag them to the trash, as I don¹t know of any other way
> to uninstall them). I know that Apple won¹t even allow me to trash some
> programs, such as iTunes; not sure about ther other Apple apps.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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