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The inclusion of a bespoke "Microsoft 365 Apps" app type is useful and simplifies the deployment of the M365 apps to endpoints. However, the process of adding an individual app to a pre-existing install is not smooth; for example, where the company base profile excludes Microsoft Access but some users later require Access, it's tricky to add it when the suite is already installed, largely because most users have at least one of the M365 apps open at all times, which blocks config changes. It's also infeasible to have users self-service via Company Portal since the apps are all delivered as a single bundle.
This adds to the request for adding support for running process handling natively in Intune.
- Pearl-AngelesMar 09, 2026
Community Manager
We appreciate your feedback! Panelists covered this topic around 17:27 during the live session.
- treestryderMar 09, 2026Steel Contributor
As the applications will function as read-only viewers when unlicensed, we install the entire suite.
Then to ease the burden of managing license groups, I have been pushing our organization to move license requests to Identity Governance Access Packages. Where now we manually work tickets.
- Per-LarsenMar 09, 2026
Microsoft
The Microsoft 365 Enterprise apps are deployed from Intune with a policy Office CSP | Microsoft Learn
So it is not the same as a Win32 app - but you can packages it can use a script to accomplish what you are asking for.