Installation with Microsoft Intune

This section provides a step-by-step guide for using Microsoft Intune to deploy the Action1 agent on endpoints enrolled in Microsoft 365. This deployment approach can be useful for enabling administrative management of newly set-up endpoints, especially in cases where a Microsoft 365 user without local administrator rights has enrolled the device.

Stage 1: Download Action1 agent

Download the Action1 agent for Windows from the Action1 console:

Step 2: Assign deployment targets

By default, All Devices or All Users are used as deployment targets. To deploy the Action1 agent to a selection of endpoints or users other than All Devices or All Users, you should create a dedicated group that will contain the endpoints managed by Action1.
For that:

1. Open Microsoft Intune admin center.
2. Browse to Groups, select New Group, and configure its settings as required.
3. From the Membership type list select Assigned, then add the relevant devices or users as Members.

Step 3: Configure app deployment

1. In the Microsoft Intune admin center, go to Apps | All Apps.

2. Click Add, then select Line-of-business app from the list of app types.

3. At the App Information step, click Select app package file and browse for the Action1 agent file you have downloaded.

4. Specify the app properties:
   1. Enter the Name, Description, and Publisher.
   2. For App install context this example uses Device (with a dedicated group of target endpoints to be managed by Action1).

1. 3. Set Ignore app version to Yes.

NOTE: If this parameter is set to Yes, this will instruct Intune to deploy the app only if it is not present on target; if the app is already installed, it will stay untouched regardless of its version. Since the Action1 agent is updated automatically through a connection to Action1 Cloud, it always has the latest version, which will not be overridden in this case.

1. 4. In the Command-line arguments, enter:
      /quiet – mandatory argument for unattended installation

      /norestart – optional

1. 5. Within the command-line arguments, you can also specify the logging level and location for the agent installation log. For example: /L*V "c:\action1_agent_install.log"
      where:
      • V – verbous logging level
      • “_c:\action1_agent_install.log_” – path to the log file

1. 6. Specify other properties as you need. See also Add a Windows line-of-business app to Microsoft Intune

5. Click Review + save.

6. At the Assignments step, navigate to Required and click Add group (recommended option) or use other options to specify targets for the Aciont1 agent app deployment.

NOTE: The target can be included only in one assignment category (Required or Available for enrolled devices).

Step 4: Verify deployment status

After you review and save all settings, wait for the Action1 agent deployment to complete.
Then you can go to Apps | Windows | Windows apps and select the Action1 agent app you have deployed. Expand Monitor | Device install status to view the deployment status – it should be Installed for the target device.