Intune Patch My PC – Full Guide – Part 4

This article will describe how to setup Intune Patch My PC. This will be a full guide! Because it was such a long blog post, I divided it in parts. Every part will be released day after day. Situation:

• Azure AD Joined Intune managed devices

Target:

• Implementing Patch My PC for 3rd party applications and 3rd party applications update management

Patch my PC’s mission is to simplify how enterprises create, manage, update, and deploy third-party applications within System Center Configuration Manager. Our solution is used by over 1,600 enterprises worldwide, helping to maintain applications on over 5 million devices. They also have a public preview running for integration with Intune. In my blog post we will go over this and set it up. You can find more info about Patch my PC on their website. Requirements for running Patch My PC Publishing service:

• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5
• Supported Operating Systems
  • Windows Server 2008
  • Windows Server 2008
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows 10 (x64) – Microsoft Intune only

Prerequisites for running Patch My PC Publishing service:

• When using Windows Server operating systems, WSUS should be installed and configured.
• If using Windows 10 client for Microsoft Intune only
  • Optional feature RSAT: Windows Server Updates Services Tools should be pre-installed

1. Scenario: assign mRemoteNG with Patch My PC

• So, in our previous post (Intune Patch My PC – Full Guide – Part 3) we stopped at the moment where we completed Patch My PC Publishing Service settings and we went over some options. Now let’s start with pushing some applications!
• Click on the ‘Intune Apps’ tab in the Patch My PC Publishing Service.

• Now let’s deploy an applications in our scenario. Look for ‘mRemoteNG’ under ‘Next Generation Software’.
• Check the box in front of the application
• As we don’t want any desktop shortcuts deployed, right click on ‘mRemoteNG’ and check ‘Delete desktop shortcut(s) created by this application’.

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