Deploy Adobe Acrobat Pro DC with Intune

#Intune #Windows

A company I'm working with requested an Intune deployment of Adobe Acrobat Pro DC to users on machines running Windows 10 or 11.

I wasn't able to find great documentation about how to deploy this using Intune, so I wanted to write all of this down. There are some guides going around about MSP transforms, but that's not necessary for a simple deployment.

  1. First, download the Adobe Acrobat Pro single app package and select the 64 bit Windows installer:

Screenshot of Adobe Acrobat Pro installer download page

  1. Then, download the Microsoft Win32 Content Prep Tool.

  2. Unzip all of the files to that they're in a format as follows:

    • C:\temp\Microsoft-Win32-Content-Prep-Tool-Master
    • C:\temp\Adobe Acrobat
  3. Now that you have the prereqs, we need to build the .intunewin package for Intune. Open Command Prompt and cd into the C:\temp\Microsoft-Win32-Content-Prep-Tool-Master folder and run .\IntuneWinAppUtil.exe

  4. Step through the prompts to build the package:

    • Please specify the source folder: C:\temp\Adobe Acrobat
    • Please specify the setup file: C:\temp\Adobe Acrobat\setup.exe
    • Please specify the output folder: C:\temp\Adobe Acrobat
    • Do you want to specify catalog folder (Y/N)? n

Screenshot of Windows Terminal running the Microsoft Win32 Content Prep tool for Adobe Acrobat Pro

Now that the intunewin package is built, it's time to upload it on the Microsoft Endpoint and create an app package. You can close the Win32 Content Prep tool.

  1. Log into the Intune/Endpoint dashboard and navigate to Apps > Windows > Add. Set the “App type” to Windows app (Win32):

Screenshot of Intune dashboard, Windows app creation wizard

  1. On the “App information” tab, upload the file you created at C:\temp\Adobe Acrobat\setup.intunewin and fill out the required fields to continue:

Screenshot of Intune dashboard, Windows app creation wizard, App information tab

  1. On the “Program” tab, enter the following values:
    • Install command: setup.exe /sAll
    • Uninstall command: msiexec /x "{AC76BA86-1033-FFFF-7760-BC15014EA700}" /q
    • Install behavior: System
    • Device restart behavior: App install may force a device restart
    • Specify return codes to indicate post-installation behavior: Leave as default.

Screenshot of the Intune dashboard, Add App wizard, Program tab

  1. On the “Requirements” tab, enter the following values:
    • Operating system architecture: 64-bit
    • Minimum operating system: Windows 10 1607

Screenshot of the Intune dashboard, Add App wizard, Requirements tab

  1. On the “Detection rules” tab, set “Rules format” to Manually configure detection rules, then click the “+ Add” button. Change the “Rule type” to MSI and set the “MSI product code” field to {AC76BA86-1033-FFFF-7760-BC15014EA700}. Set the “MSI product version check” to No:

Screenshot of the Intune dashboard, Add App wizard, Detection rules tab

  1. On the “Dependencies” and “Supersedence” tabs, just leave the defaults.

  2. On the “Assignments” tab, target your deployment group or users for installation. You may want to hide the “End user notifications” so that it's completely silent, but this is optional:

Screenshot of the Intune dashboard, Add App wizard, Assignments tab

After uploading the file, your application deployment will be complete:

Screenshot of the Intune dashboard, Add App wizard, file upload

Machines will begin to check in and pick up the app assignment. I find that installation can take up to 30 minutes, so be patient!

Screenshot of a Windows 11 desktop notification for Intune/Endpoint application deployment

Screenshot of a Windows 10 desktop notification for Intune/Endpoint application deployment

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