Deploying TechSmith Snagit as a Win32 app via Microsoft Intune

This article will walk through the steps for deploying TechSmith Snagit (Snagit) as Win32 app via Microsoft Intune. Using a Win32 app in Microsoft Intune is the most common method for deploying apps via Microsoft Intune that are not available within the Microsoft Store. It provides the most flexibility and integrates nicely with Windows Autopilot. It does, however, require an additional action to wrap the installation files before the application can be deployed by using Microsoft Intune. This article will walk through all the steps for wrapping the installation files, followed with the steps to add the wrapped installation files as a Win32 app in Microsoft Intune.

The steps described in this article assume that the TechSmith enterprise resources have been downloaded and are used for the installation of Snagit. To customize that installation (e.g. install features or add components) use the TechSmith Deployment Tool.

Wrapping the TechSmith Snagit installation files

The first step in deploying Snagit, as a Win32 app via Microsoft Intune, is to wrap the installation files of the application. For that specific purpose Microsoft provides the Microsoft Win32 Content Prep Tool. That tool can be used to wrap the installation files of Snagit, for usage within Microsoft Intune. The installation files will be wrapped into a file of the .intunewin format. That .intunewin file can be used in Microsoft Intune. The following six steps walk through downloading the Win32 Content Prep Tool, the Snagit installation files, and actually wrapping those installation files.

1. Download the Microsoft Win32 Content Prep Tool to C:\Temp
2. Add the required application installation and customization files of Snagit, as shown below in Figure 1, to C:\Temp\Snagit
   • Add the downloaded Snagit installation files for Windows
   • (Optional) Add the created customization file (MST) for Snagit
   • Add a command file install.cmd that contains the complete installation command msiexec /i "%~dp0snagit.msi" TRANSFORMS="%~dp0snagit.mst" /quiet /norestart

Figure 1 - Overview of the contents of the folder

1. Open a Terminal using Run as administrator and navigate to the location of IntuneWinAppUtil .exe using cd \Temp
2. Run IntuneWinAppUtil.exe to start the wrapping process and provide the following information, when requested:
   • Please specify the source folder: C:\Temp\Snagit
   • Please specify the setup file: snagit.msi
   • Please specify the output folder: C:\Temp
   • Do you want you want to specify catalog folder (Y/N): N
3. Once the wrapping is done the message Done!!! will be shown and a file named snagit.intunewin will be created in C:\Temp

Adding TechSmith Snagit as a Win32 app to Microsoft Intune

The second step in deploying Snagit, as a Win32 app via Microsoft Intune, is adding the wrapped installation files to Microsoft Intune. That can be achieved by adding an application of the Windows app (Win32) type. The following 12 steps walk through all the steps to add the Win32 app for Snagit, by using the created .intunewin file.

1. Open the Microsoft Intune admin center portal and navigate Apps > Windows
2. On the Windows | Windows apps page, click Create
3. On the Select app type pane, select Windows app (Win32) and click Select
4. On the App information page, select the created snagit.intunewin and click OK
5. Back on the App information page, specify at least the following basic information about the application and click Next
   • Name: Specify TechSmith Snagit followed with the current version to make it easier to find the application back
   • Description: Provide a description of the app that will help with identifying the app
     • Sample description: Snagit is a screen capture and video recording software for both Windows and macOS that allows you to take screenshots, record their screen, and then edit and annotate the captures with tools like arrows, callouts, and other visual cues. It is commonly used for creating tutorials, presentations, and professional documentation.
   • Publisher: Specify TechSmith as the publisher of the app
6. On the Program page, as shown below in Figure 2, specify at least the following information about the installation of the application and click Next
   • Install command: Specify install.cmd as the installation command
   • Uninstall command: Verify the provided uninstall command
   • Installation time required (mins): Specify 15 as the max time required
   • Allow available uninstall: Select Yes for easier troubleshooting
   • Device restart behavior: Select No specific action as the installation should not restart automatically

Figure 2 - Overview of the main configurations on the Program page

1. On the Requirements page, specify at least the following information about the requirements for the installation of the application and click Next
   • Check operating system architecture: Select Yes. Specify the systems the app can be installed on. and check Install on x86 system and Install on x64 system to allow the installation on those architectures
   •  Minimum operating system: Select the minimum required operating system version used in the organization and supported by Snagit
2. On the Detection rules page, as shown below in Figure 3, specify at least the following information about the detection of a successful installation and click Next
   • Rules format: Select Manually configure detection rules to configure the detection of the installation based on the MSI
   • Click Add to configure the detection rule with at least the following information and click OK
     • Rule type: Select MSI to detect the installation based on the MSI
     • MSI product code: Verify the automatically populated MSI code
     • MSI product version check: Select No to not check on the version

Figure 3 - Overview of the main configurations on the Detection rules page

1. On the Dependencies page, no configuration is required and click Next
2. On the Supersedence page, no configuration is required and click Next
3. On the Assignments page, configure the assignment for Snagit and click Next
4. On the Review + create page, verify the configuration and click Create

Note: The Intune Management Extension will be used for installing Snagit. That also means that the process regarding detection, download and installation, can be followed in IntuneManagementExtension.log, AppActionProcessor.log and AppWorkload.log.

This article was written and provided by Peter van der Woude, https://petervanderwoude.nl/