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Microsoft Intune Cookbook

By : Andrew Taylor
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Microsoft Intune Cookbook

By: Andrew Taylor

Overview of this book

Microsoft Intune is a cloud-managed mobile device management (MDM) tool that empowers you to manage your end-user device estate across various platforms. While it is an excellent platform, the initial setup and configuration can be a daunting process, and mistakes made early on can be more challenging to resolve later. This book addresses these issues by guiding you through the end-to-end configuration of an Intune environment, incorporating best practices and utilizing the latest functionalities. In addition to setting up your environment, you’ll delve into the Microsoft Graph platform to understand the underlying mechanisms behind the web GUI. This knowledge will enable you to automate a significant portion of your daily tasks using PowerShell. By the end of this book, you’ll have established an Intune environment that supports Windows, Apple iOS, Apple macOS, and Android devices. You’ll possess the expertise to add new configurations, policies, and applications, tailoring an environment to your specific requirements. Additionally, you’ll have the ability to troubleshoot any issues that may arise and package and deploy your company applications. Overall, this book is an excellent resource for anyone who wants to learn how to use Microsoft Intune to manage their organization's end-user devices.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)

Packaging Your Windows Applications

We have configured our Windows policies and enrolled our devices, but in most environments, we are going to need to deploy some applications.

In this chapter, we are going to run through the different application types that are available and how to deploy them into your environment.

When managing Windows devices, applications are critical, and packaging them correctly will ensure a smooth experience for end users. By following this chapter, you will learn how to package and deploy applications to your devices using the modern methods supported by Intune.

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

  • Using the Microsoft Store integration
  • Packaging into MSIX
  • Packaging Win32 applications
  • Managing app supersedence and dependencies
  • Deploying Office applications
  • Updating Office applications
  • Windows app protection