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Best practice - Win10 App Deployment - Update Management
Hello,
as mentioned in another thread i started with a few win10 devices in a pilot phase using Intune. (iOS & Android are already in use).
Now i'm facing the first situation where some apps are outdated.
For example i deployed 7zip MSI earlier to some devices, which was Version 18.06 (MSI).
Now the Version 19.0 of 7zip was released and i want to push this one out to my clients computers and replace the old version.
What is the best way to manage this?
Just uploading the new intunewim package into the old configuration in intune? (I don't think so.)
I would be really pleased if anyone has some good ideas :)
Just to give you a better insight at the current config:
App package file
7z1806-x64.intunewin
App information
Name: 7-Zip 18.06 (x64 edition)
Description: 7Zip
Publisher: 7Zip
Category Data management; Productivity
Display as a featured app Yes
Program
Install command: msiexec /i "7z1806-x64.msi"
Uninstall command msiexec /x "{23170F69-40C1-2702-1806-000001000000}"
Install behavior System
Requirements
Operating system architecture: 64-bit
Minimum operating system Windows 10 1607
Detection rules
Rules format: Manually configure detection rules
Rule type: MSI
MSI product code: {23170F69-40C1-2702-1806-000001000000}
MSI product version check: No
11 Replies
- sbuccimsft
Microsoft
PatrickF11 I also noticed that you had 7z1806-x64.intunewin.
The 32-bit app deployment does not support deploying x64 versions of software. You can deploy 32-bit apps to x64 systems, however.
There is no support for supersedence in Intune, so I think you would have to figure out a detection rule that trigger an update, perhaps a registry key?
- Jens Tore Fremmegaard -
https://modernworkplace.fremmegaard.noI opened up a ticket at MS:
The first answer was, that this should be possible just by uploading the newly packed intunewim file.
As i mentioned earl, this is not working.
Currently i'm waiting for a new response to my ticket.
- The MS ticket is now closed.
Unfortunately there is no current solution to updating win32 apps. :-(
- Arn't there any suggestions? ;-) I'll bet there must be some ideas out there.
PatrickF11 From my understanding, you would need a supersedence rule which is how System Center handles this scenario but is not yet available for Intune apps. The only mention of upcoming support is in the following guide stating it is "Coming Soon." https://www.anoopcnair.com/intune-win32-app-deployment/ Obviously not an official source. Being able to add dependencies was just recently added, so hopefully supersedence isn't too far behind. Perhaps someone from the Intune team can provide a timeline for supersedence support in Intune? @Michael Niehaus
