Adding iOS and Android apps as available for download
This article lays out the steps for administrators to add pre-approved apps to the Intune Company Portal app and Google Play Store using their administrator accounts.
For company-owned iOS devices:
- Sign into Apple Business Manager using your admin credentials
- Click on Apps and Books, search and select an app
- Click Choose a location and select your company name
- Add a quantity of licenses (recommended minimum of 10)
- Click Get (it may take a few minutes to show up in the main menu of the portal)
- Once complete, navigate to Intune to sync these apps in Intune
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- Click on the ellipses (...) to the far right of the VPP token > click Sync
- Wait 15-30 minutes for the Apple apps to sync through to Intune
- Navigate to see iOS apps in Intune (sign in using your admin credentials if not already signed in)
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- Click on the app you've added from Apple Business Manager (if not there, it may need more time to sync)
- Under Manage, click Properties > scroll down to Assignments and click Edit
- Under Available for enrolled devices, click +Add group
- Wait for the company groups to populate, find the group that has the following naming convention:
- [Atomus] [your company's legal name]
- For example: [Atomus] Acme Limited, LLC
- Click Select
- Once the company group is added, click Review + Save > Save
- If you need to assign more apps in the same way, click the iOS/iPadOS | iOS/iPadOS apps link in the upper left corner of the page to go back to see all added apps
- Once assigned in Intune, the app should show up soon as available for download in the Company Portal app
For company-owned and personal Android devices:
- Sign into the below Intune link with your administrative credentials:
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- Click Add > Select Managed Google Play app
- Search for and select the app
- Click Select > Sync on the top left
- Click on the app you've added (generally takes a few minutes to populate, you may have to refresh)
- Under Manage, click Properties > scroll down to Assignments and click Edit
- Under Available for enrolled devices, click +Add group
- Wait for the company groups to populate, find the group that has the following naming convention:
- [Atomus] [your company's legal name]
- For example: [Atomus] Acme Limited, LLC
- Click Select
- Once the company group is added, click Review + Save > Save
- If you need to assign more apps in the same way, click the Android | Android apps link in the upper left corner of the page to go back to see all added apps
- It may take a few minutes but the apps should appear as available on users' devices