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Win32 App Deployment in Intune: Leveraging Verbose Logs to Fix Installation Issues

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Mecken Swyter
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Win32 app deployment flowchart

When deploying applications using Microsoft Intune, installing applications using the line-of-business (LOB) deployment method can make the process of deploying applications easier. However, once installations being deployed using LOB start failing, very little logging information is available to troubleshoot the issue. This is where Win32 app deployment shines 馃ぉ

Configure Azure PowerShell

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Mecken Swyter
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Using the Azure Portal to create and manage resources can be beneficial for one-off tasks and learning about different services offered in Azure; however, it becomes more practical to take advantage of a scripting language such as PowerShell for management of tasks as it allows the use of one-liner syntax, piping outputs, and scripting.

Configure Active Directory using PowerShell

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Mecken Swyter
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New-Item -Path "c:\" -Name "PowerLab" -ItemType "directory"
'P@$$w0rd12' | ConvertTo-SecureString -Force -AsPlainText | Export-Clixml -Path C:\PowerLab\SafeModeAdministratorPassword.xml

$safeModePw = Import-Clixml -Path C:\PowerLab\SafeModeAdministratorPassword.xml

Install-windowsfeature -Name AD-Domain-Services

$forestParams = @{
    DomainName                    = 'techuplab.local'
    DomainMode                    = 'WinThreshold'
    ForestMode                    = 'WinThreshold'
    Confirm                       = $false
    SafeModeAdministratorPassword = $safeModePw
    WarningAction                 = 'Ignore'
}

$null = Install-ADDSForest @forestParams