When I install applications that are required, Company Portal doesn't offer me an update. The Mac AppStore shows me these updates, but not Company Portal. When I have applications that are only available, I can update through Company Portal with clicking to the INSTALL button (why not Update like Mac Appstore).
Microsoft released a beta version of the Intune Company Portal for macOS just last month; however, it’s since been pulled from the Download Center. This app had been made available along with the announcement of Conditional Access supporting macOS in preview. Mac os x folder icons download.
Edit: the download is now available again: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=55770
- The Company Portal app gives you access to: Your organization's network, email, and work files. Work or school-related apps. Remote actions such as the option to reset an enrolled device to factory settings if lost or stolen.
- When I download company portal from the app store, it signs me in and outlook gets pushed to my iPhone. When I log in it opens up authenticator and has me log into office 365. This is where it tells me 'Your sign in was successful but but your admin requires your device to be managed by company name to access this resource.'
Installing the Company Portal is required to enable Conditional Access support on macOS, so I imagine a new version will be made available soon. If you’re testing with Macs or looking for full support with Intune, this is an important part of the puzzle.
Intune Web Enrollment
Previous to the Company Portal on macOS, enrollment in Intune is a largely manual process that requires logging into the Intune web portal with a browser, downloading a management profile and installing that manually. Not the best user experience.
Here’s what that looks like:
Intune Company Portal for macOS Experience
With the Company Portal, the user experience is streamlined, with the management profile installed automatically and you can see device compliance status from within the app. Here’s a quick look at the end-user experience with the Intune Company Portal for macOS on macOS Sierra.
Hopefully we’ll see the portal app available for download again soon and available for wider testing. I’m also hoping that the availability of the Portal app means we’ll see the ability for Intune to install apps on macOS. As we see more Mac devices (either corporate or personally owned), the ability to deploy and manage apps on this platform becomes critical.
If you’ve been watching the Intune Whats New page closely, you may have noticed you can now use Intune to push down applications to MacOS devices. This is a quick post on how to achieve that – We’ll use Skype for Business as the example app.
The IT admin process is pretty straight forward but I must admit I tripped on a couple of syntax issues the first time I did this so I’ll blog it here with some syntax to save you some time. Your welcome 😊
Step 1 – Get the app package (.pkg file)
First you need to acquire the app as a .pkg file.
(Conversion of other formats e.g. “.DMG” to “.PKG” is not supported.)
On a Mac, Logon to http://portal.office.com as a user licensed for Office 365 Pro Plus and download the Skype for Business .pkg file.
Step 2 – Convert it to a format that Intune understands (.intunemac)
On a Mac, download the Intune app wrapping tool from Github ( https://github.com/msintuneappsdk/intune-app-wrapping-tool-mac)
Once you have it downloaded, Open a Terminal session and navigate to the directory where the IntuneAppUtil tool was placed. Run this syntax to convert from .pkg to .intuneMac format
(-c is the input file and -o is the output directory)
You now have an .intunemac file you can distribute with Intune
Step 3 – Upload to intune
In the Intune console, go to Mobile Apps> Apps>Add> Line-of-business App
Choose the .intunemac file to upload.
In the App Information blade, you can configure some metadata and add an icon.
Click Ok, and Add and wait for the app to be uploaded.
Step 4 – Assign it
Select the Skype for Business app, Assignments, then assign it to a User and/or Device group as a Required install.
(Note: At the time of writing this post, Available install isnt an option)
Don’t forget to click save.
On Intune enrolled Mac’s, Skype for Business will be installed seamlessly and be ready for use.
Tip: If you want to watch the progress of the install, open the Console utility on the Mac and filter for the Bundle ID. (For Skype this is com.microsoft.package.Microsoft_autoUpdate.app)
- Use filter for App keywords: “Skype”
Filter on the Thread ID for app download and installation
Company Portal Mac Store
Other handy filters for troubleshooting are mdmclient and Company Portal