Step 8 - Add and assign an app in Microsoft Intune

In this article, you use Intune to add and assign an app to your company's workforce. The goal is to assign apps that users need to do their work. For example, you can assign Microsoft 365 Apps so users can read email, and create and edit documents and spreadsheets.

This article is part of an Evaluate and Try series that helps you evaluate Microsoft Intune's capabilities.

Prerequisites

Add the app to Intune

When you add an app to Intune, you assign that app to the users and groups that need it. You can choose to assign the app to any group you choose, including the group you created in Step 3 - Create a group.

Use the following steps to add an app to Intune:

1. Sign in to the Microsoft Intune admin center and select Apps > All Apps > Create.
2. In the App type drop-down box, select Windows 10 and later from Microsoft 365 Apps.
3. Click Select. The Add app steps are displayed.
4. Confirm the default details in the App suite information step and select Next.
5. Confirm the default settings in the App settings step and select Next.
6. Select the group assignments for the app. You can select the group you created in Step 3 - Create a group. For more information, see Add groups to organize users and devices.
7. Select Next to display the Review + create page. Review the values and settings you entered for the app.
8. When you're done, select Create to add the app to Intune.

Update the app assignment (optional)

After you add an app to Microsoft Intune, you can assign the app to more groups of users or devices at any time.

Use the following steps to update an app assignment:

1. Sign in to the Microsoft Intune admin center and select Apps > All Apps.
2. Select the app that you want to assign to a group.
3. Select Properties. Next to Assignments, select Edit.
4. Select Add Group under the Required section. The Select group pane is displayed.
5. Find the group that you want to add and choose Select at the bottom of the pane.
6. Select Review + save > Save to assign the group.

You now have assigned the app to another group.

Install the app on the enrolled device

End users must install and use the Company Portal app to install an app made available by Intune. You, acting as an end user, can use the following steps to verify that the app is available to the user on Intune-enrolled devices.

1. Sign in to your enrolled Windows device. You can use the device you enrolled in Step 5 - Enroll a Windows device in Microsoft Intune.

   Important

   • The device must be enrolled in Intune.
   • You must sign in to the device with an account that belongs to the same group you assigned the app to.

2. From the Start menu, open the Microsoft Store. Then, find the Company Portal app and install it.

3. Launch the Company Portal app.

4. Select the app that you added to Intune. In this article, you added the Microsoft 365 Apps suite.

   Note

   If you don't successfully assign any apps to the Intune user, you see the following message: Your IT administrator did not make any apps available to you.

5. Select Install.

If your business needs require that you assign the Company Portal app to your workforce, you can manually assign the Windows Company Portal app directly from Intune. For more information, see Manually add the Windows Company Portal app by using Microsoft Intune.

Next steps

In this article, you added apps to Intune, assigned the apps to a group, and installed the apps on the enrolled Windows device. For more information about managing apps in Intune, see What is Microsoft Intune app management?

To continue evaluating Microsoft Intune, go to the next step: