Packager role related query

Question

Dear Frenz,

I have experience in SCCM administration and do have packaging knowledge using the inbuilt application and package option.

Query:

My new role is going to be just a Packaging consultant for SCCM, intune and AVD infra.

1. Can we use the same packages created in SCCM for all 3 infra?
2. Or any specific model being followed in other enterprises to manage the packages across all 3? - the customer dont have any 3rd packaging solution
3. If its a MSIX package, Does it supported on all 3 infra?
4. If im not wrong all .exes/msis cant be packaged as MSIX right?

Kindly refer thro any article or videos to get some basic understanding on the above query.

Answer 1

First note here is to not to mix AVD with ConfigMgr and Intune. AVD is a VDI-like infrastructure hosted in Azure. Intune and ConfigMgr are management tools. You can use either ConfigMgr or Intune to manage AVD systems thus AVD is out of place for this discussion.

1. That depends on what you mean by "package". If you mean, can you use any valid Windows Installer in Intune and ConfigMgr then the answer is yes. How you get them into both is different though. Alternatively, if you are referring to re-packaging existing installers into another installer technology, that's a very bad idea in general. You should always use the installer provided by the vendor when possible.
2. There are folks that have scripted out solutions for migrating, but I don't think there's much of a valid use case for creating the same "packages" in both generally.
3. MSIX is a standard Windows installation technology that both Intune and ConfigMgr support natively.
4. Assuming you mean re-packaged, then that's a loaded question. As noted in #1, you shouldn't ever want to do this in the first place, however, technically, sure, any installer can be re-packaged as an MSIX.

Answer 2

@Jason Sandys Thanks a lot Jason for the detailed explanation.

Say we are using co-management infra, ideally how do we approach to package the msi or exe file in Intune or SCCM?

Just want to understand, any particular cateogry of apps are best in SCCM or intune.

Answer 3

There's no right or wrong answer for this one as it depends on the requirements, environment, and biases.