🔥 Intune PowerShell Automation (2026 Guide) – Deployment Scripts, Silent Installs & Detection

Focus Keyword: Intune PowerShell Automation

Intune PowerShell Automation is a game-changer for modern IT administrators. It allows you to automate application deployments, enforce configurations, and troubleshoot issues at scale using scripts integrated with Microsoft Intune.

📌 What is Intune PowerShell Automation?

Intune PowerShell Automation refers to using PowerShell scripts within Intune Win32 app deployments to control installation, configuration, and detection logic.

🔑 Why Use PowerShell?

• Automate complex installs
• Handle dependencies
• Perform validations
• Customize deployment logic

🖼️ PowerShell Deployment Workflow

🚀 Basic PowerShell Deployment Script

Silent Install Example

Start-Process "setup.exe" -ArgumentList "/silent" -Wait

MSI Install Script

Start-Process "msiexec.exe" -ArgumentList "/i app.msi /qn" -Wait

🔑 Key Points

• Always use silent parameters
• Use -Wait to ensure completion
• Capture exit codes

⚙️ Advanced Deployment Script

$process = Start-Process "setup.exe" -ArgumentList "/silent" -Wait -PassThru

if ($process.ExitCode -eq 0) {
    Write-Output "Installation Successful"
    exit 0
} else {
    Write-Output "Installation Failed"
    exit 1
}

🔑 Insight

Exit code handling is critical for Intune success detection.

📊 Detection Script Automation

Example Detection Script

$app = Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* |
Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -like "*AppName*"}

if ($app) {
    exit 0
} else {
    exit 1
}

📦 Handling Dependencies

Example

if (!(Test-Path "C:\Program Files\Dependency\dep.exe")) {
    Start-Process "dep_installer.exe" -ArgumentList "/silent" -Wait
}

🛠️ Logging in PowerShell Scripts

Custom Log Example

$logPath = "C:\Temp\install.log"
"Installation started" | Out-File $logPath -Append

Start-Process "setup.exe" -ArgumentList "/silent" -Wait

"Installation completed" | Out-File $logPath -Append

⚠️ Common PowerShell Issues

🔐 Execution Policy Fix

powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File script.ps1

📡 PowerShell + Intune Integration

You can deploy scripts directly or embed them in Win32 apps.

• Win32 app scripts
• Intune script deployment

💻 Real Enterprise Script Example

$path = "C:\Program Files\App\app.exe"

if (Test-Path $path) {
    Write-Output "Already Installed"
    exit 0
} else {
    Start-Process "setup.exe" -ArgumentList "/silent" -Wait
    exit 0
}

📊 Best Practices

• Always test locally
• Use logging
• Handle exit codes
• Keep scripts simple

🔗 Internal Links

• Deployment Guide
• Troubleshooting Guide

🌐 External Resources

• PowerShell Docs

❓ FAQs

Q: Why use PowerShell in Intune?
A: Automation and flexibility.

Q: Best practice for scripts?
A: Use logging and exit codes.

Q: Can scripts fail deployment?
A: Yes, if exit code is incorrect.

PowerShell automation transforms Intune from a basic deployment tool into a powerful enterprise automation platform.