Deploying Office applications
The Microsoft Office Suite of Applications (now known as Microsoft 365 apps) is more than likely one of the most important applications required on your devices. For that reason, we need to be sure they are deployed correctly, reliably, and ideally forced on the Enrollment Status Page (ESP).
Getting started
Within Intune, there are three different ways to deploy Microsoft 365 apps, one of which is a lot more consistent than the other. The best method is to wrap it as a Win32 application using the Office Deployment Tool (ODT). We will cover this in this recipe as we can then control the deployment of it during the ESP. We also know it will be installed using the Intune Management Extension (IME), which prevents applications from clashing.
Before we look at how to deploy as a Win32 application, we should look at the other options available within the portal – that is, using the graphical user interface (GUI) with either configuration designer...
