Windows Intune...deploying apps/company portal

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Hey guys
So i'm plugging away with some Windows 10 videos and the last few days i have been playing around with Windows Intune. After watching the videos this week and doing some reading at TechNet and through some other sources, I decided to register for a free trial to play around.

So far i am liking what i am seeing. The Ability to select and push specific updates through to certain computers/groups or users, Mobile device management enrolment and the ability to have an app store for the Company Portal.

I absolutely love this thing! However i do love group Policy more. My top two favourite administration things :P

Which leads me into my query. How long does it normally take for an app to show up up in the company portal ? I do have an app that is trying to push itself onto the phone as i selected immediate deployment (for testing reasons) but when signing onto the company portal and looking at the store, it's no where to be found but it's definitely showing up in the apps in the administration tool.

The same thing is happening with the two applications i have in the company portal for Windows 8.1 computer they are showing up as published but not getting out to the store.

Any advice would be awesome. I'm troubleshooting this as this and actually seeing if i missed an actual step :)

Cheers
Dan

Hi Dan!

Thank you for watching the Microsoft Intune episodes. When it comes to the app deployment the timeframe can differ region to region. For the most part I have seen the apps ready and provisioned within an hour (to hour and a half). If you have waited this long and your application(s) are still not viewable from the Company Portal ensure the following ( and you might have already tried these):

The user trying to log in exists in Microsoft Intune
The user is not disabled
The device is enrolled
The users are linked to devices appropriately
The administrator has deployed the app to the appropriate user(s) or device(s)
Does the device(s) meet the requirements to use the application (x86, x64, ARM,CPU,RAM...etc)
Does the device(s) need a certificate(s) to provision the app (devices need to trust the application)
Certificates are especially important in iOS devices just to allow them to be enrolled in the Microsoft Intune MDM platform (Apple Push Notification Certificates)

Try these steps Dan and see if that gets the app deployment up a running for you!!

Thanks,
Wes

Wes,

Sorry, i have been meaning to reply to this email but i thought i'd let you know i got it working! just before the trial ended.

Must admit I found Intune quite fun to play with.

Was an error on my part, I was trying to get the app to deployon a 32 bit machine , I specifically marked the app was 64 bit (whicht it was) and well the machine i was trying to deploy the app too was 32 bit so therefore couldn't see it!

All good, then the trial ended the next day. Ha.

Cheers
Dan

Great Job Dan! I also find Intune very fun to playing around with. Remember that you can always create another account, start another free trial and continue your training. If this is for a certification endeavor pay close attention to the Policy & Admin sections as these seem to be area that pop up a lot. Also, the compliance & configuration policies and their processing order. If you have additional questions never hesitate to ask!

Best Regards,
Wes

Thanks Wes!
Yeah I have a thing for group policy, so this will add to it. I was planning on it,. Fortunetly have some Windows 8.1 devices that will come in handy with this again. I was going to focus on that , thanks for the tip. I like to see how the brain works! All about exploring, enough times to drill it.

I did successfully deploy a game to the Iphone :P (it was an important business application for the HR department, that's how i justfied it in my lab!).... So it was great to see how the enrollment process is different to Windows Phone and iPhone.

So I did both. :) Maintain the pcs and then did the phones. :)

Cheers
Dan