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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.
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.