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This article explains how to deploy Breeze agent via Microsoft Intune.

Breeze Agent can be deployed to Windows machine as a Windows app (Win32) application in Microsoft Intune.

Prepare the package necessary

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for creating the application in Microsoft Intune


1. Download the Microsoft Win32 Content Prep Tool to a Windows 10 machine (v1607 or later

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).
2. Create a temporary working directory on the disk and put the downloaded tool inside (e.g.

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, C:\breeze).
3. Create a source directory named source inside (

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C:\breeze\source).
4. Rename the Breeze Agent distro file to the breeze-agent.exe and put it

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in the source directory (

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C:\breeze\source\breeze-agent.exe).

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5. In the source directory, create a new plain-text file in UTF-8 encoding named install.cmd (

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C:\breeze\source\install.cmd) and paste the following content into it:

Code Block
languagebash
@echo off
start /B /WAIT breeze-agent.exe -gm2
if %errorlevel% NEQ 0 ( exit /b 1 )
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set etc=%ProgramFiles%\Breeze\etc
if exist "!etc!" (
  set tags=!etc!\tags
  if not exist "!tags!" echo. 2>"!tags!"
  set str=preferred.descriptor=intune
  find /c "!str!" "!tags!" >NUL || echo:!str!>>"!tags!"
) else (
  exit /b 1
)

6. Start the command line and go to the working directory using the command

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:

Code Block
C: && cd

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 C:\Breeze

7.

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Create .intunewin package using the following command line:

Code Block
languagebash
IntuneWinAppUtil.exe -c 

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C:\breeze\source -o 

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C:\breeze -s 

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C:\breeze\source\breeze-agent.exe

8. In the working directory there should be the package file (

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C:\breeze\breeze-agent.intunewin)

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to use in the next steps.

NOTE: more details about

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this process are available in Microsoft Intune documentation.

Create the Intune application


1. In the Microsoft Intune admin center, select Apps

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All apps

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Add.
2. On the pane 'Select app type

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', under the 'Other

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' select Windows app (Win32) from the list and click Select

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.
3. Click Select app package file and

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navigate to the .intunewin file created before. When the app details appear, select

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Ok.
Populate mandatory fields with the following values:

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Name:

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Breeze

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Agent

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Description: [set up a meaningful description]
Publisher: Cloudaware

4. On the next pane

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'Program', populate fields as described

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below:

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languagebash

Install

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command:

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"%systemroot%\sysnative\cmd.exe"

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/c

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"install.cmd"

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Uninstall

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command:

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"%systemroot%\sysnative\cmd.exe"

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/c

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"%ProgramFiles%\Breeze\uninstall.bat"

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Install

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behavior:

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System

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Device

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restart

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behavior:

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No

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specific

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action

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Specify

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return

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codes

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to

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indicate

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post-installation

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behavior:

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0:

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Success

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1:

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Failed

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5. On the next page 'Requirements', the mandatory fields are as follows:

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Operating

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system

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architecture:

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select

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only

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64-bit

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Minimum

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operating

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system:

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Windows

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10

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1607

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6. On the page ‘Detection rules', select Manually configure detection rules

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. Click Add and select File as 'Rule

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type’. The mandatory fields are as follows:

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Path:

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%ProgramFiles%

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File

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or

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folder:

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Breeze

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Detection

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method:

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File

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or

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folder

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exists

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Associated

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with

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32-bit

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app

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on

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64-bit

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clients:

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No

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7. Leave the pages 'Dependencies' and 'Supersedence' empty.
8. On the page 'Assignments

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' configure desired targets for the application

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deployment.
9. On the

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page 'Review and create', review the values and settings

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of the app.

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Please ensure that the

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app configuration information

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is correct. Select Create.

NOTE: more details about

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this process are available in Microsoft Intune documentation.