The Company Portal for macOS app’s bundle identifier has been updated in Company Portal v2.6. As a result, Jamf Pro 10.21.0 or earlier cannot detect the new bundle identifier. To resolve this issue, complete one of the two options below: Option 1: U pdate to Jamf Pro 10.22.1 or later when using Company Portal for macOS v2.6 or later. Company Portal for macOS can be downloaded and installed using the macOS Shell Scripts feature. This option will always install the current version of Company Portal for macOS, but will not provide you with application install reporting you might be used to when deploying applications using macOS LOB apps.
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.
Company Portal For Macos
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”
Intune Company Portal For Macbook Air
Filter on the Thread ID for app download and installation
Company Portal Mac Store
Other handy filters for troubleshooting are mdmclient and Company Portal