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Deploying Autodesk AutoCAD 2023 and Later with Intune

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Hi everyone. Now that Autodesk has moved to a new method of creating custom installers for their products my older “Deploying AutoDesk AutoCAD 2019 with Intune” article needed some updating.

Below you’ll find the instructions to deploy any Autodesk application using Microsoft Intune and Endpoint Manager. I’ll be using AutoCAD 2023 in my examples, but the process should be similar for any Autodesk product that appears on the Custom Install screen.

In order to create a custom installer you’ll need to perform some customization steps through the Autodesk website, some in Windows, and finally some in Endpoint Manager.

Create the Custom Installation Package

Log into the Audodesk management site at: https://manage.autodesk.com/products/deployments

Click Custom Install

Click Create new

Under License Type choose Serial Number
Select the product you are looking to package
Click Next

Next to Package name, I’m going to use AutoCAD2023
You can use whatever you’d like, but choosing that will make sure your files look just like mine.

You can only create a deployment to a network share. Since we’re using Intune, this isn’t relevant, so we’ll pick the hidden C: drive share to specify your local computer. Choose \\localhost\c$\users\[your username]\Desktop\autocad .

You can uncheck the “Install Autodesk desktop app” if you won’t be using it.

Click Download

Run the downloaded file. This will create a folder on your desktop called autocad .

You may see messages like the below when installing. You can ignore them and click Continue.

Package the Installer

If you haven’t already, download a copy of the Microsoft Win32 Content Prep Tool to your Downloads folder from https://github.com/Microsoft/Microsoft-Win32-Content-Prep-Tool

Open Windows Terminal or PowerShell. Change directory into the directory just above the autocad folder you create for the network installation.

For me that’s:

cd ~/Desktop

Tell the Intune prep tool to create a package from the autocad directory, use the Installer.exe located in the image folder, and save the package to your current directory:

~/Downloads/intunewinapputil.exe -c .\autocad\ -s image\Installer.exe -o .

The package will be named Installer.intunewin . Since that’s not very helpful, rename it to something that is.

mv Installer.intunewin autocad2023.intunewin

Create & Deploy in Intune

Log in to Intune device management at: https://endpoint.microsoft.com

Choose Apps->All Apps

Click the Add Button

Choose the App Type “Windows app (Win32) then click Select at the bottom of the screen.

Choose the autocad2023.intunewin file you created.

Open the autocad folder on your desktop.

Right click on AutoCAD2023.bat and click Edit

Under the line

rem ========== Install the deployment silently ==========

Copy your installer version number.

Return to Endpoint Manager.

On the Program step change the install command to the following (making sure to use the version of the installer copied in the previous step):

image\Installer.exe -i deploy --offline_mode -q -o "image\Collection.xml" --installer_version "1.32.0.7"

For the uninstaller, this is a bit of a kludge since it only uninstalls the main component, not the rest. For me, this is sufficient.

The IdentifyingNumber seems to be the same regardless of version number, but to be sure, on a machine with AutoCAD 2023 installed, run the following in PowerShell.

Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | where name -eq "AutoCAD 2023 - English"

Make the uninstall command like mine below, but making sure to use the IdentifyingNumber that you got above.

msiexec /uninstall 
{28B89EEF-6101-0409-2102-CF3F3A09B77D}

Choose 64bit Windows 10 under the Requirements

Under Detection Rules choose “Manually configure detection rules”

Click + Add

Choose MSI for rule type and enter the same identifier as above: {28B89EEF-6101-0409-2102-CF3F3A09B77D}

No Dependencies are needed.

Finally, assign it to whatever device groups you need. Devices in those groups will automatically download and install AutoCAD 2023. Alternatively, you can assign it to user groups and those users can install AutoCAD from the Company Portal app.

Thanks again for all of you that patiently waited for this while we got our licensing sorted with AutoDesk and the amazing staff there who got it all working for us.

Please feel free to leave me comments below and I’ll reply as soon as I can.

-Adam

Azure, Intune

Tracking Down AzureAD Device Sign-Ins

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I recently needed to track down who had recently used a device bound to AzureAD. We don’t tend to make use of the Primary User field, since our devices tend to be handed out in bulk to large groups of people at once, rather than one-at-a-time. This meant I had to track down who was using which device in a more roundabout method.

To accomplish this, you’ll need to use both Microsoft Graph and Microsoft Endpoint Manager.

Lookup the Device ID

First you’ll need Azure’s device ID for the computer.

Go to https://endpoint.microsoft.com

Click Devices on the left then Windows Devices.

Search for the device you are looking for.

Click on it

In the address bar of the browser, the last part of the URL will be the device ID. Select and copy it.

Query Device Sign-In Information

Now that you have the Device ID, you can lookup the login history using Microsoft Graph.

Go to https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/graph-explorer

Make sure to sign into graph, or you’ll only see the sample data.

Query type: GET

Version: beta

URL: https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/deviceManagement/managedDevices/[device ID here]

Click Run Query

You’ll only see the first several lines, which probably won’t show the logged on users.

Click the Expand button

Scroll down to where it says usersLoggedOn then select and copy the ID inside of the quotes.

Go back to Endpoint Manager

Click Users on the left.

Paste the user ID into the search field. This should tell you the name of the user who logged into that device. If there were multiple people recently signed in, they’ll all be in the usersLoggedOn array.

Intune

Deploying AutoDesk AutoCAD with Intune

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AutoDesk’s AutoCAD is the next piece of software I’m deploying via Intune that was clearly never designed to be. It took a few tries, but I believe I’ve got the process down. I hope this makes your life much easier!

The directions here are for AutoCAD, but they should apply to any of the AutoDesk products (Architect, etc.).

Update 2: The new guide is ready! If you’re looking to deploy Autodesk apps versions 2020+, please follow my new guide here:

Deploying Autodesk AutoCAD 2023 with Intune

Update: AutoDesk has changed how their packaging works for AutoDesk 2022 products. You must create a deployment from their website rather than the downloaded installer. I’ll have an updated guide for AutoCAD 2022 over the summer! https://knowledge.autodesk.com/customer-service/network-license-administration/network-deployment/creating-deployment/create-deployment

Create the Custom Installation Package

Log into the AudoDesk management site at https://manage.autodesk.com

Download the AutoCAD 2019 x64 installer.

Installer from the AutoDesk website

There’s 4 levels of installer we’ll be dealing with.
1) The installer you download AutoDesk’s website. This is just a self-extracting, compressed version of the actual installer. I’ll call this “the downloaded installer.”
2) The actual installation files that get extracted. I’ll call this “the extracted installer.”
3) The installation package you’ll create from the extracted installer. I’ll call this the “installation package.”
4) The intunewin file you’ll generate that actually gets uploaded to Intune.

Run the downloaded installer to extract the installation files.

Go to the extracted installer folder and run setup.exe .

Choose “Create Deployment.”

The AutoCAD 2019 Installer

Give your deployment a name without any spaces. This name will automatically be used to create the installation .ini file that will contain the setup information such as your serial key. You’ll need to know this name later.

You can only create a deployment to a network share. Since we’re using Intune, this isn’t relevant, so we’ll pick the hidden C: drive share to specify your local computer. Choose \\localhost\c$\users\[your username]\Desktop\autocad .

Disable the “Create a network log file” since this won’t be running off your LAN.

The AutoCAD 2019 Installation Packager Creator

Choose which components you’d like to install. If your users are not administrators on their machines, I’d recommend disabling AutoDesk Desktop since they won’t be able to use any of its functionality.

If you’re using a license key and serial, enter it.

Wait for the installation package to be created.

Package the Installer

If you haven’t already, download a copy of the Microsoft Win32 Content Prep Tool to your Downloads folder from https://github.com/Microsoft/Microsoft-Win32-Content-Prep-Tool

Open Windows Terminal or PowerShell. Change directory into the directory just above the autocad folder you create for the network installation.

For me that’s:

cd ~/Desktop

Tell the Intune prep tool to create a package from the autocad directory, use the Setup.exe located in the img folder, and save the package to your current directory:

~/Downloads/intuneapputil.exe -c .\autocad\ -s img\Setup.exe -o .

The package will be named setup.intunewin . Since that’s not very helpful, rename it to something that is.

mv setup.intunewin autocad2019.intunewin

Create & Deploy in Intune

Log in to Intune device management at: https://endpoint.microsoft.com

Choose Apps->All Apps

Click the Add Button

Choose the App Type “Windows app (Win32) then click Select at the bottom of the screen.

Choose the autocad2019.intunewin file you created.

On the Program step change the install command to:

Img\Setup.exe /W /q /I Img\[deployment name].ini /language en-us

In my case, it’s:

Img\Setup.exe /W /q /I Img\autocad2019.ini /language en-us

(you can double check the name of your ini file by looking in the autocad\img folder)

For the uninstaller, this is a bit of a kludge since it only uninstalls the main component, not the rest. For me, this is sufficient. You can customize yours by checking out all of the options in the autocad\sms_sccm scripts\[deployment name]_Uninstall.txt file.

msiexec /uninstall {28B89EEF-2001-0409-2102-CF3F3A09B77D}

Choose 64bit Windows 10 under the Requirements

Under Detection Rules choose “Manually configure detection rules”

Click + Add

Choose MSI for rule type and enter the product code for AutoCAD 2019: {28B89EEF-2001-0409-2102-CF3F3A09B77D}

No Dependencies are needed.

Finally, assign it to whatever device groups you need. Devices in those groups will automatically download and install AutoCAD 2019. Alternatively, you can assign it to user groups and those users can install AutoCAD from the Company Portal app.

That’s it; good luck!

-Adam

Azure, Intune

Deploying Minecraft Education Edition With Intune

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Another day, another app to deploy! Today it’s Minecraft Education Edition. If you’re looking to deploy the desktop version of Minecraft Education Edition using nothing but Intune, you’ve come to the right spot!

Package the Installer

Go to https://education.minecraft.net/get-started/download/ and download the Windows Desktop Edition to your Downloads folders.

Make a new folder in your Downloads folder called “MinecraftEducation”.

Open Terminal or PowerShell and change directory int your Downloads folder.

cd ~/Downloads

Extract the Minecraft Education Edition exe into the new folder by running following command in Terminal or PowerShell, replacing [user] with your username. I found the command only worked for me when I used the full path to the extraction location.

.\MinecraftEducationEdition_x86_1.14.50.0.exe /extract C:\users\[user]\downloads\MinecraftEducation\

This will extract the .msi and cab for Minecraft Education as well as the installer for the Visual C++ 2017 redistributable.

If you haven’t already, download a copy of the Microsoft Win32 Content Prep Tool to your Downloads folder from https://github.com/Microsoft/Microsoft-Win32-Content-Prep-Tool

From Windows Terminal or PowerShell run:

IntuneWinAppUtil.exe -c <folder with the msi it in> -s <name of the .msi file extracted to MinecraftEducation> -o <where you want the package file saved>

I had IntuneWinAppUtil.exe in the Downloads folder, Minecraft version 1.14.50.0, and wanted the package file in my current folder so I ran:

.\IntuneWinAppUtil.exe -c .\MinecraftEducation\ -s MinecraftEducationEdition_x86_1.14.50.0.msi -o .

If you have a newer version of Minecraft, just use the name of the .msi file in your MinecraftEducation folder.

Once you have done so, you will have a file called MinecraftEducationEdition_x86_1.14.50.0.intunewin that can be uploaded to Intune.

Create & Deploy in Intune

Go to https://endpoint.microsoft.com

Choose Apps->All Apps

Click the Add Button

Choose the App Type “Windows app (Win32) then click Select at the bottom of the screen.

Choose the MinecraftEducationEdition_x86_1.14.50.0.msi you created.

Choose 64bit Windows 10 under the Requirements

Under Detection Rules choose “Manually configure detection rules”

Click + Add

Choose MSI for rule type. Intune will automatically enter the correct MSI Product code. Keep “MSI Product version check” as “no” so that the app won’t re-install if upgrades are done on the client side.

No Dependencies are needed.

Finally, assign it to whatever device groups you need. Devices in those groups will automatically download Minecraft Education Edition.

That’s it! Enjoy Hour of Code!