Deploy file to workstations with Microsoft Intune
Microsoft Intune is a very powerful tool for Azure administrator and can be used to perform a large number of tasks. You can set policies, deploy packages, run PowerShell scripts on azure domain-joined devices. This post is related to copy files or folders to the user’s desktop using Intune. I am creating a PowerShell script and batch file then I will convert them to Win32 Intune package for deployment.
Push Files via Intune
Let’s start.
Step 1: Create a folder named package in C drive
Step 2- Copy the file or folder which you want to copy to the desktop using Intune.
Step 3- Create a PowerShell script as below with file name PSscript.ps1
$PSScriptRoot = Split-Path -Parent -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
$Source = “$PSScriptRoot\name of file or folder”
$Destination = “C:\Users\Public\Desktop\”Copy-Item -Path $Source -Destination $Destination –Recurse -Force
Step 4- Create a batch file Install.cmd
@ECHO OFF
SET ThisScriptsDirectory=%~dp0
SET PowerShellScriptPath=%ThisScriptsDirectory%PSscript.ps1
PowerShell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command “& ‘%PowerShellScriptPath%'”
Step 5- Download Microsoft Win32 Content Prep Tool
Step 6- Create a Win32 Intune package
PS C:\IntuneAppsWinAppsUtil> .\IntuneWinAppUtil.exe
Please specify the source folder: C:\Temp\package
Please specify the setup file: Install.cmd
Please specify the output folder: C:\Temp\package
Do you want to specify catalog folder (Y/N)?n
Step 7- Sign in to the Azure portal and select the Intune blade.
Step 8- Select Client apps –> Apps –Add
Step 9- Select app type “Windows app (Win32)”
Step 10 – Select the app package file which we created in step 6.
Step 11- On the program tab, follow as below screenshot
Step 12- Requirement tab
Step 13- Detection rules tab
Step 14- Assignments
Step 15- Review + create tab. Create the package.
I hope this small tutorial will help you to copy files or folders to workstations using Intune.
Hi does this copy the install.cmd file as well? if so how can you have the install.cmd file removed after copying the folder you need with just the basic files? i am trying to copy an app to the desktop which works successfully,, but it requires an additional file for the software to work. I am pointing it to the public documents folder but our documents folder is redirecting to one drive and it does not copy to that specific documents folder. The students do not have access to the c drive to get in to the local documents folder. Thank you for your assistance.
Thanx so much, works like a charm