This post covers how to create an application installation package that Microsoft Intune can deploy to your organization’s Windows workstations.

First, you will need to download the Microsoft Win32 prep tool executable. This tool converts Windows based installation files into an .intunewin package. Intune can then deploy this package to your workstations to install applications.

Next, you run the executable and tell it the path of the folder that contains the application’s installation files, specify the setup file of the program, and the output path of the folder where you want to save the output package.

Easy, right?

Let’s break it down below ↓

1. Download the latest Win32 prep tool from GitHub by clicking IntuneWinAppUtil.exe

2. Run IntuneWinAppUtil.exe

3. Navigate to the folder that contains the program installation files using either of the methods below.

4. Press CTRL + V to paste the folder path form Step 3 into the IntuneWinAppUtil window then press enter.

5. Find the setup.exe or setup.msi file in the source folder and paste the name into the IntuneWinAppUtil window. Press enter.

The setup file contains information that Intune will use, i.e., application version, publisher, and product code.

6. Create a folder to output the .intunewin package and enter the output folder path into the IntuneWinAppUtil window. Press enter.

7. Type n to not specify a catalog folder, then press enter.

8. IntuneWinAppUtil will now compress the folder’s contents into an .intunewin file. The compressed file is now in the output folder you specified in Step 6.

Congrats!

You have now created an application that Intune can deploy to remote workstations in organization. All that is left to do is to upload this file into Intune’s application management console.

Visit How to Upload an .intunewin file into Intune to learn how to get Intune to deploy .intunewin packages to remote workstations.

To see an example of how to build a Windows application for Intune deployment, click Silent SQL Server 2022 Installation for Microsoft Intune.