This option will always install the current version of Company Portal for macOS, but will not provide you with application install reporting you might be used to when deploying applications using macOS LOB apps. Download a sample script to install Company Portal for macOS from Intune Shell Script Samples - Company Portal.
Nov 03, 2019 Only.pkg files may be used to upload macOS LOB apps to Microsoft Intune. Conversion of other formats, such as.dmg to.pkg is not supported. But what if we need to distribute an app there’s is not in the AppStore or is not in a signed.pkg file? Then we’ll have to repackage it with a packaging tool. I’m using an app called packages.
Deploying Apps to Mac’s using Microsoft Intune Published by scott on May 11, 2018 If you’ve been watching the Intune Whats New page closely, you may have noticed you can now use Intune to push down applications to MacOS devices.
If you’ve been watching the Intune Whats New page closely, you may have noticed you can now use Intune to push down applications to MacOS devices. This is a quick post on how to achieve that – We’ll use Skype for Business as the example app.
The IT admin process is pretty straight forward but I must admit I tripped on a couple of syntax issues the first time I did this so I’ll blog it here with some syntax to save you some time. Your welcome ?
On a Mac, Logon to http://portal.office.com as a user licensed for Office 365 Pro Plus and download the Skype for Business .pkg file.
Step 2 – Convert it to a format that Intune understands (.intunemac)
On a Mac, download the Intune app wrapping tool from Github ( https://github.com/msintuneappsdk/intune-app-wrapping-tool-mac)
Once you have it downloaded, Open a Terminal session and navigate to the directory where the IntuneAppUtil tool was placed. Run this syntax to convert from .pkg to .intuneMac format
(-c is the input file and -o is the output directory)
You now have an .intunemac file you can distribute with Intune
Step 3 – Upload to intune
In the Intune console, go to Mobile Apps> Apps>Add> Line-of-business App
Kd mac apps. Choose the .intunemac file to upload.
In the App Information blade, you can configure some metadata and add an icon.
Click Ok, and Add and wait for the app to be uploaded.
Step 4 – Assign it
Select the Skype for Business app, Assignments, then assign it to a User and/or Device group as a Required install.
(Note: At the time of writing this post, Available install isnt an option)
Intune Macos Support
Don’t forget to click save.
On Intune enrolled Mac’s, Skype for Business will be installed seamlessly and be ready for use.
Tip: If you want to watch the progress of the install, open the Console utility on the Mac and filter for the Bundle ID. (For Skype this is com.microsoft.package.Microsoft_autoUpdate.app)
Use filter for App keywords: “Skype”
Filter on the Thread ID for app download and installation
Other handy filters for troubleshooting are mdmclient and Company Portal
Microsoft Intune supports the deployment of applications using InstallApplication. This opens the possibility to manage Mac computers with Microsoft Intune, and automatically push Munki to provide additional functionality.
The process for that is outlined in How to add macOS line-of-business (LOB) apps to Microsoft Intune
Macos App Deployment Intune User
Make sure:
Your packages are “distribution packages” and signed with a “Developer ID Installer” certificate. See distributing packages with InstallApplication and Intro to installing macOS content from a web server
They don’t contain a space in their filename (thanks, @emilp333!)
As far as I know, there’s no way to make these macOS LOB apps to be installed during the setup assistant (also called: “Bootstrap package”. In practice, the delay between enrolment and the app being deployed can be quite long (I’ve seen 5 minutes while clicking on “Sync” frantically). Also, Microsoft Intune seem to be a little slow to report success or failure in the console. Perhaps time for a User voice feedback?