Deploy the Company Portal App from Microsoft to End Users
Before directing users to register their computers with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), it is necessary to deploy the Company Portal app from Microsoft to computers.
Deploying the Company Portal app involves the following steps:
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Download the Company Portal app from Microsoft
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Upload the Company Portal app to Jamf Pro as a package
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(Optional) Identify computers that do not have the Company Portal app installed
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Deploy the Company Portal app to computers
Step 1: Download the Company Portal app from Microsoft
On a Mac computer, download the current version of the Company Portal app for macOS from the Microsoft website.
Important: Do not install it; you need a copy of the app to upload to Jamf Pro.
The CompanyPortal_Installer.pkg file can be downloaded from: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=862280
Step 2: Upload the Company Portal app to Jamf Pro as a package
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Upload the Company Portal app to a distribution point in Jamf Pro.
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In Jamf Pro, navigate to Settings > Computer Management > Packages.
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Create a new package that includes the Company Portal app and click Save.
Step 3: (Optional) Identify Computers that do not have the Company Portal app installed
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In Jamf Pro, navigate to Computers > Smart Computer Groups.
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Create a new smart group that identifies computers that do not have the Company Portal.app from Microsoft installed.
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Click Save.
Step 4: Deploy the Company Portal app to computers
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In Jamf Pro, navigate to Computers > Policies and create a policy that deploys the Company Portal app to users.
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Use the General payload to configure the following settings:
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For Trigger, select "Enrollment Complete" and "Recurring Check-in".
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For Execution Frequency, select "Once per computer".
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Select the Packages payload, and then click Configure.
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Click Add for the package with the Company Portal app.
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Configure the settings for the package.
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Specify a distribution point for computers to download the package from.
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Click the Scope tab to specify computers on which the Company Portal app should be installed.You may also use the smart computer group created in step 3.
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Click Save.
Note: The policy runs on computers in the scope the next time they check in with Jamf Pro and meet the criteria in the General payload.
Related Information
Managing Packages
Find out how to create a package and upload a file to a distribution point in Jamf Pro.
Smart Computer Groups
Find out how to create smart groups in Jamf Pro.