Software Deployment

Create your own Software Deployment Repository with Azure and Intune

Martin Wüthrich Software Deployment

As you might know, within Intune you can only install applications on devices, if they are coming as an MSI. If you want to deploy anything else, this blog might be helpful for you.
Let me talk about the requirements:

  • Azure Subscription for Storage
  • Intune Subscription (obviously)

    • This blog will provide the information how you can achieve this, and at the end, you will get a sample implementation from my LAB.

    Yes, that’s it. Now let us start creating the Azure Storage, and how you can access it. Go to the Azure portal, and open the storage accounts section. You can use the classic storage account as well, but I would recommend the newer ones:

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    SCCM – Configure a pointer record for your Cloud Management Gateway

    Martin Wüthrich ConfigMgr, EMM, SCCM, Software Deployment

    Lets assume you want to set a pointer record (PTR) for your System Center Configuration Manager Cloud Management Gateway (CMG).

    First of all, you will need to install the “Azure PowerShell Service Management module”, and Login to your Tenant. This process is documented on the Microsoft Website:
    Installing the Azure PowerShell Service Management module

    When this is done, you may want to change the subscription, in my case it was necessary. To do so, simply show all of your subscriptions with “Get-AzureSubscription” and select the appropriate subscription with “Select-AzureSubscirtion” afterwards:

    When you have selected the correct subscription, you can list the Azure Services with “Get-AzureService”.
    With the following command, you can set the Pointer record for your CMG:
    Set-AzureService -ServiceName "YOURSERVICENAME" -ReverseDnsFqdn "HOSEBECMG01.hosebei.ch."

    ConfigMgr – Create Office 365 Package through Console

    Martin Wüthrich Application Management, Company, ConfigMgr, Office365, Packaging, SCCM, Software Deployment

    Today I would like to show you, how you can easily create and deploy an Office 365 Application within Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Console.
    Within the ConfigMgr Console navigate to the “Office 365 Client Management” Dashboard, and click on “Office 365 Installer”:
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    ConfigMgr 1602 – All devices are part of the same server cluster

    Martin Wüthrich Client Settings, Collection, ConfigMgr, General, SCCM, Software Deployment

    Hi folks,

    we are on the way, it will finally happen: We will be able to serve Clusters with System Center Configuration Manager and it’s update functionality. With the new released current branch 1602, a new feature called server cluster maintenance coordination was added to ConfigMgr, it comes close to a Cluster Aware updating solution. You will find it on the General Tab of a collection named “All devices are part of the same server cluster”:
    ConfigMgr Cluster Aware Updating
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    ConfigMgr – Detect User Centric App-V available Installations

    Martin Wüthrich Application Management, ConfigMgr, SCCM, SCCM 2012, Software Deployment

    If you are using System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM or ConfigMgr) together with Application Virtualization from the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, you also might use the option to deploy the software to users. No clue until now, but what, if your deployment is an Available, and Users are installing the Software from the Application catalog website, how do you update the App-V package for those users who have installed the App-V Package? Continue reading →

    Implement Microsoft Windows Store for Business and Windows 10 Mobile

    Martin Wüthrich Application Management, EMM, MDM, Remote Workplace, Software Deployment, Windows 10, Windows 10 Mobile

    Today I would like to show you how the newly available Microsoft Windows Store for Business works, and how you implement it for your Windows 10 Mobile users.
    The most interesting part for Businesses with the new Store is the fact, that end users do not longer need a Microsoft Account (which is the former Live-ID or MSN Account long time ago), instead they can download and install applications from the store with their Organizational or what I would call them with the Azure Active Directory Account.
    To activate the Business Store for your Azure Tenant, you will need to have an Account with the Global Administrator permission (Source). With this account, you can go on to this Location and sign-up for the Business Store. Continue reading →

    SCCM 2012 R2 – Create your own Windows Phone 8.1 App and deploy it with SCCM/Intune

    Martin Wüthrich Application Management, BYOD, MDM, SCCM 2012, Software Deployment

    Hey, here’s Martin.

    Today I decided to create a simple App to demonstrate how you can deploy our own Apps within System Center 2012 Configuration Manager R2 connected to Microsoft Intune.

    Before you begin: Be sure that you have a Code Signing Certificate for windows mobile Devices.

    Everything starts with Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows, you can get it for free from Microsoft. Continue reading →