How to deploy PingID with Microsoft Intune

Microsoft Intune is a cloud-based service that provides mobile device management (MDM) and mobile application management (MAM) capabilities. It allows organizations to manage their devices and applications from a single console. PingID is a free authentication tool widely used. In this blog post, we will see how to deploy PingID with Microsoft Intune.

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What are we going to set up?

In this Blog post we will show you, How to deploy PingID with Microsoft Intune. We will perform the following steps to deploy PingID:

Step 1: Download PingID application
Step 2: Create WIN32 application
Step 3: Import and deploy with Microsoft Intune

Step 1: Download PingID application

The first step is to download the FileZilla application from the official website. Once you have downloaded the application, you can proceed to the next step.

Click on the link to download the PindID application: https://downloads.pingidentity.com/pingid/pc-client/PingID.exe
You now have the PingID.exe application in your Downloads folder. We need this file in step 2.

Step 2: Create WIN32 application

After you have downloaded the PingID application the next step is to create an Intune Win App. Just follow the steps below:

Create a new folder DeployePingID on C:. Copy the downloaded executable into this folder. Note that the executable can have a different name.
Create a new folder Output on C:

Now we are going to create an Intune Win file with the official application. First of all download the official Microsoft Intune Win App Tool.

Download the official Microsoft Intune Win App Tool

After installation open the Intune Win App Tool. Important: You need to open the Tool with Administrator right. Otherwise there will be an error.

In the application specify the following things:

Please specify the source folder: C:\DeployPingID
Please specify the setup file: PingID.exe
Please specify the output folder: C:\Output
Do you want to specify catalog folder: N

In your Output Folder, there should be a new file called PingID.intunewin. We need this file in Step 2

Step 3: Import and deploy with Microsoft Intune

After we have created the intunewin file of the executable, we can now upload the application to Microsoft Intune and deploy it to our environment. Just follow these steps.

Go to intune.microsoft.com
Click on Apps
Click on Windows
Click on Add
Chose App type Windows app (win32)
Click on Select

Click on Select app package file
Upload your IntuneWin file which is located in C:\Output
Click on OK
Click on Next

Here you can change the Settings. I leave it as it is. Dont forget to enter a Publisher
Click on Next

On the Program tab enter the following Commands:

Install Command: PingID.exe /VERYSILENT /NORESTART /ALLUSERS
Uninstall command: “%Program Files (x86)%\Ping Identity\PingID\unins000.exe” /VERYSILENT /NORESTART
Allow available uninstall: Yes
Install behavior: System
Click on Next

On the Requirements tab enter:

Operating system architecture: 32-bit and 64-bit
Minimum operating system: Windows 10 1607
Click on Next

On the Detection rules tab enter the following:

Rules format: Manually configure detection rules
Click on Add
Rule type: File
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Ping Identity\PingID
File or Folder: PingID.exe
Detection method: File or folder exists
Associated with a 32-bit app on 64-bit clients: No
Click on Ok and on Next

Define your Dependencies if applicable and click on Next
Define your Supersedence if applicable and click on Next
On the Assignments tab assign the Policy to a Group or to All User
Click on Next
And Review + Create the Policy

Congratulations! You have successfully deployed the policy.

Conclusion

You learned how to deploy PingID with Microsoft Intune. We have first created an WIN32 file with the official PingID executable. Last but not least we have uploaded the application to Intune and configured different settings.
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