Deploy a Windows application with Intune without using winget
Package and deploy a real .msi/.exe installer (x86 and ARM) to your Windows PCs via Intune, without depending on winget on the endpoints.
winget is handy on the command line, but depending on it for mass deployment has limits: package availability, network, system accounts. Many teams prefer to deploy the vendor's real signed installer directly.
How Win32 packaging works
- 1Get the official installer (.msi or .exe) and its silent install command.
- 2Package it as .intunewin (an encrypted archive).
- 3Define detection rules (version, product presence).
- 4Assign to the target group, x86 first and, if needed, a separate rule for ARM.
The tricky part: if several installers exist (x86, x64, ARM), you must let the user choose and create one rule per architecture, each with its own detection. Deploying an x64 binary to an ARM device fails silently.
AuPoint fetches the real installer, handles architectures and .intunewin packaging for you, then assigns the app to devices. No winget required on the endpoint.
Test deploying an app to a pilot device in a few minutes.