Packaging .msi software in Intune

Step by Step Guide to Deploy MSI Application from Intune

1. Login to Azure portal https://portal.azure.com
2. Navigate via Microsoft Intune – Mobile Apps – Apps
3. Click on +Add to add new Intune application for SCCM client installation
4. Select Line-of-Business app – App Type drop-down menu from Add app blade
5. Click on App Package File to upload SCCM client <Application_Name>.MSI file to Intune
6. On the App package file blade checkout the following settings Name: <Any Application Name>
   Platform: Windows
   App version: <Version Number>
   Size: Size in MegaBytes or GigaBytes 
   MAM Enabled: No
   Execution Context: Per-Machine/Per-User/Both (depending on the MSI package)
7. Click on OK button on App Package file blade.
8. Click on App Information option from Add App blade                                                         
9. Fill the following information details in App Information blade Name:- Any useful Application name is fine (Remember this name will appear in Company Portal)
10. Description:- Any useful description is fine
    Publisher:- Name of the Publisher
    Ignore App Version:- No or Yes (Depending on the requirement)
    Category: Select a category which suits the application
    Display this as a featured app in the Company Portal – NO/YES
    Information URL:- Optional (I kept it blank)
    Privacy URL:- Optional (I kept it blank)
    Command-line Argument:- <Command Line explained below Try app.msi /? command to find out the options>
    Developer:- Optional (I kept it blank)
    Owner:- Optional (I kept it blank)
    Notes:- Optional (I kept it blank)
    Logo:- Optional (I kept it blank)
11. Click OK, and click Add to start uploading the <Application>.msi to Intune. This upload is going to take 10 minutes to complete. Wait for the following message to go away 😉 Your app is not ready yet. Check back again soon                                                    
12. Intune MSI Application Deployment – Assignment Options.
13. Click on the  Add Group button on the  Assignment tab of the mobile application you created.
14. Select groups where you want to assign this app from Add Group blade. There are 3 (three) Assignment types – Select one assignment type.   You can deploy MSI application to some group of devices or users as REQUIRED or Available app.   The MSI application is per machine then it will get installed on machine context.   Available for Enrolled Devices Required Uninstall  
15. Select Available for Enrolled Devices or Required
16. Click on Included groups from Add Group blade.
17. Select the groups where you want to make this app required or available from Assign blade Select the following option if you’re going to deploy the application to all users – All users – Make this app available to all users with enrolled devices.
18. Click on Select Groups to select a Group for required assignment from Assign blade.
19. Search the Device/user Group in the search option in Select Groups blade and select the DEVICE/USER group which you want to deploy
20. Click Select to save and close the Select Groups blade
21. Click OK to save and close Assign blade
22. Click OK to save and close Add Group blade
23. Click SAVE to save Assignment blade

Status/Monitoring – Intune MSI Application Deployment 

You can check the state of the deployed application in two places. I would personally prefer to limit “App Install Status” (option#2) to get the status of the MSI application deployment.

Option 1

1. Navigate via Microsoft Intune – Mobile Apps – Apps
2. Click on the Application which you want to know the status
3. From the application blade (the blade will be in application name), click on either User install status or Device install status to get the quality of the application installation

Option 2

1. Navigate via Microsoft Intune – Mobile Apps
2. Click on App Install Status and select the application you want to know the status of the application.
3. From the application blade (the blade will be in application name), click on Overview button to get a graphical view of MSI application deployment status.