Does anyone know if there is an installer package for the Microsoft Teams client that can be installed via Intune Education? For some reason the Microsoft Teams team only provides old-school .exe installers, which doesn't work with Intune/Intune Education. I have no idea why they don't use Microsoft's own installer tool (MSI) which has been the standard for a while.

Hi Grant - I do not know the answer and am sharing your question with the team. Hope to have an update to post relatively soon. Angela

Agree ... this does not make sense. Launch Teams for Education ... and Teams wants to use a separate App which can not be distributed using the PC management that Microsoft is pushing for education - InTune for Education.

I had a question out about this item and did not receive an answer. I am trying again.

Hi Grant, I saw your post and was a bit amazed since I always thought it should be possible to install .exe files using Intune. So I tried this:1. I downloaded an .exe file for MS Teams from https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads2. I went to my Intune portal and went to apps. I was able to successfully add the .exe file as an app.3. I implemented the app to my Windows 10 group (WIndows 10 devices)4. On starting a Windows 10 client from that group, Teams was installed. What of the above steps do not work for you as expected?

Grant, I use the Intune portal that I access from my O365 administration panel (I have O365 EDU tenant, and Intune EDU licenses). You can select it from the left pane at the bottom and from there you will be directed to the normal intune portal (https://admin.manage.microsoft.com/MicrosoftIntune/) that works for Education as well. If you go there to the Apps en then from top menu of the list select add an app then you should be able to add Teams as an .exe application (I managed to do this).

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Mike Platvoet
Iron Contributor
Aug 08, 2017
Hi Grant,

I saw your post and was a bit amazed since I always thought it should be possible to install .exe files using Intune. So I tried this:
1. I downloaded an .exe file for MS Teams from https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads
2. I went to my Intune portal and went to apps. I was able to successfully add the .exe file as an app.
3. I implemented the app to my Windows 10 group (WIndows 10 devices)
4. On starting a Windows 10 client from that group, Teams was installed.

What of the above steps do not work for you as expected?
- Deleted
  Aug 08, 2017
  Hi Mike,
  
  If I attempt to upload a .exe file, Intune throws an error telling me that .exe is not an allowed extension. It then says that .msi, .appx, and .appxbundle are the only allowed extensions (for Windows).
  - Jim Cooper
    Copper Contributor
    Aug 08, 2017
    So this is what I see on InTune for Education when I click Add a Desktop App. Can you provide more details how you were able to upload a .EXE?
Jim Cooper
Copper Contributor
Jul 21, 2017
Agree ... this does not make sense. Launch Teams for Education ... and Teams wants to use a separate App which can not be distributed using the PC management that Microsoft is pushing for education - InTune for Education.
- Deleted
  Aug 01, 2017
  Agreed Jim. Any news Angela Robertson?
  - Angela Robertson
    Microsoft
    Aug 07, 2017
    I had a question out about this item and did not receive an answer. I am trying again.
Angela Robertson
Microsoft
Jul 18, 2017
Hi Grant - I do not know the answer and am sharing your question with the team. Hope to have an update to post relatively soon. Angela
- Jared Lambe
  Brass Contributor
  Aug 04, 2017
  +1 Keen for a MSI installer for Teams
- Deleted
  Jul 18, 2017
  Thank you Angela! Please let me know if I can provide any information that might help.

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