If your organization is using app deployments set to “Available” instead of “Required”, Microsoft’s docs say it only works when targeted to user groups.
However, Twitter user @mike_marable noted something odd yesterday: They were suddenly working when deployed to device groups after all.
Okay #MEM #Intune folks. I have a bit of a puzzle regarding Available Assignments of applications targeting device groups.
The tooltip in the MEM console as well as MSDocs says that it only applies to User Groups, but it works if you target device groups.
Is this a new thing? pic.twitter.com/eAJ9ciVPGx
— Mike Marable (@mike_marable) October 4, 2022
An Undocumented Enhancement, Only For Win32 Apps
After some quizzical responses on the thread, Mike Marable reached out to Microsoft for answers:
Okay, I have more info. I asked Microsoft and was told it was part of 2207 and it only applies to Win32 apps. It was missed in the documentation and has been silently out there. MS is working on updating the documentation and the tooltip in the console.
It’s a hidden gem.💎
— Mike Marable (@mike_marable) October 4, 2022
Yep, this functionality was added in the June (2207) updates to Intune, but was not documented.
As a result, now you can make a Win32 app available for a device group, and all users on that device will see it in the Intune Company Portal.
Now if only Microsoft would get around to supporting Win32 apps in policy sets…