Deploy File to Intune Enrolled Devices as Win-32 App

I had a request to Deploy a pdf file to user's desktop and could not find clear documentation, hence here is how I successfully deployed it and decided to share is with this amazing community.

Deploy File to Intune Enrolled Devices

Deploy a file to Intune enrolled device's to "C:\Users\Public\Desktop" through Intune

Step 1: Prepare the files:

1. The File
2. Install-file.ps1
3. Remove-file.ps1
4. Detect-file.ps1

Step 2" Create an Install, Remove & Detect script & save each scripts

A. Install:

#Installation Script: Install-file.ps1

$FileName = "FileToDesktop.pdf"

$ScriptPath = [System.IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)

Copy-Item -Path "$ScriptPath\$FileName" -Destination "$Env:Public\Desktop"

B. Remove:

# Remove Installation: Remove-file.ps1

$FileName = "FileToDesktop.pdf"

Remove-Item -Path "$Env:Public\Desktop\$FileName"

C. Detect:  # save this in a separate folder

#Detect File : Detect-file.ps1

$FileName = "FileToDesktop.pdf"

if (Test-Path -Path "$Env:Public\Desktop\$FileName"){

    Write-Output "0"

}

Step 3: collect Install-file .ps1, Remove-file .ps1 and the required files in one folder as shown above and create an Intune installation Package.

PS C:\Intune\WindowsIntunePrepTool> .\IntuneWinAppUtil.exe

Please specify the source folder: C:\DeployFile\FileToDeploy

Please specify the setup file: FileToDesktop.pdf

Please specify the output folder: C:\DeployFile

Do you want to specify catalog folder (Y/N)?N

Step 4. Deploy Intune installation file with the following commands

• Upload the IntunePackage as " App : Windows app (Win32)

• Install Command: %windir%\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe -executionpolicy bypass -file "Install-file.ps1"
• Uninstall Command: %windir%\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe -executionpolicy bypass -file "Remove-file.ps1"
• Operating system architecture = select both 32/64-bit
• Detection rule: use custom detection script and upload the Detect script created above.

Following the above steps, it is straight forward and easy to deploy a file to Intune Enrolled devices when required.