Creating the Automation Scheduler Task to Synchronize Applications - Intune

Creating the Automation Scheduler Task to Synchronize Applications - Intune

Purpose

Guide customers through the process of creating an Automation Scheduler task to publish selected application installers to Intune.

Process

  1. In the Configuration Manager console, navigate to Software Library > Overview > Software Updates > Lenovo Patch > Automation Scheduler.
  2. In the ribbon bar, click on 'Synchronize Applications'.

    Lenovo Patch Synchronize Applications Interface
  3. In the 'Synchronize Applications' dialog, in the 'Description' section, enter a task name.
  4. In the 'Configure application synchronization' section, click the 'Select applications…' button.
  5. In the list of applications, select 1 or more application titles to synchronize to Intune.  When finished selecting applications, click the 'Save' button.  The number of applications selected will be reflected below the 'Select applications…' button.
  6. Enable the checkbox by the 'Use Intune' selection.
  7. For the 'When new versions become available…' setting, choose the option that best fits your environment.  For more information about these selections, see the Lenovo Patch 2.5 User Guide.
  8. For the 'Assign applications in Intune…' setting, choose the option that best fits your environment for the selected software titles.  For more information about these selections, see the Lenovo Patch 2.5 User Guide.  If either 'Available' or 'Required' are selected, use the 'Assign to:' drop down list to choose an Entra ID group.
  9. In the 'Schedule' section, configure the time and frequency to publish the updates to Intune.
  10. In the 'Schedule the task to run as' section, if needed, change the selection from 'Logged on user' to 'Different user'.  Change the 'User' information and set the 'Password'.  If not, just enter the 'Password'.
  11. Click the 'Add task' button to schedule the 'Synchronize Applications' task for execution.

    Intune Windows Apps List
  12. After the Automation Scheduler successfully executes the 'Synchronize Applications' task, an administrator will be able to login to Intune, navigate to the 'Windows apps' and locate the published application.  In this example, Putty (x64) and Putty (x86) were published to Intune.