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How to convert existing discovered apps for windows 11 enrolled devices to intune managed apps
I have a number of enrolled computers that are EntraID joined which have marketplace applications like WinRAR and Notepad++ that were installed locally before enrollment. Additional users also had l...
Thank you Rahul,
Do you think potentially the best approach would be to create a group with the application, then script an uninstall on the discovered apps group that are unmanaged and then perform a required install to the same group? This way the user would not see a difference and then the application on the device would become a managed app? Could I then swap it from Required to Available and would it still be managed at that point?
Do you think potentially the best approach would be to create a group with the application, then script an uninstall on the discovered apps group that are unmanaged and then perform a required install to the same group? This way the user would not see a difference and then the application on the device would become a managed app? Could I then swap it from Required to Available and would it still be managed at that point?
Again, the uninstall assignment will work for already installed managed app. It will not work for an already installed discovered unmanaged app. There are some options available to tackle this. Push out PS scripts to uninstall unmanaged discovered apps in question first. Then push the apps you want to install. Alternatively you can add logic in your app installation scripts to remove the existing installation and then install the version you want installed. This can tied to supersedence after the app becomes managed. Most importantly, I will suggest to address the provisioning process of the OS. The SOE should be managed from the get go and the users should be setup as standard users.