This guide provides the step-by-step instructions for deploying an application from the Intune Managed Google Play store to the Company Portal on Android Enterprise devices. This process makes the app available for users to install from the Company Portal app.
1. Prerequisites (Ensure Managed Google Play is Connected)
Before you begin, your Microsoft Intune tenant must be connected to your Managed Google Play account.
- Sign in to the Microsoft Intune admin center.
- Navigate to Devices > Enrollment.
- Select the Android tab.
- Under Prerequisites, choose Managed Google Play.
- Confirm that the connection status is Active. If not, follow the prompts to complete the connection process.
2. Add and Approve the App in Managed Google Play
You need to select and approve the application you want to deploy from the Managed Google Play store within the Intune admin center.
- In the Microsoft Intune admin center, navigate to Apps > All Apps.
- Select + Create.
- In the Select app type pane, under Store app, select Managed Google Play app, then choose Select.
- The Managed Google Play store interface will open inside the Intune admin center.
- Search for the app you wish to deploy (e.g., Microsoft Teams, or a private Line-of-Business app).
- Select the app to view its details.
- Click the Approve button. A dialog box for app permissions will appear.
- Review the permissions and click Approve again.
- When prompted on how to handle new app permissions, select your desired option (e.g., Keep approved when app requests new permissions) and click Save.
- Click Select on the app details page to add it to your Intune app list.
- Back on the Apps view, click Sync near the top of the page to ensure the app is immediately synchronized from Managed Google Play to Intune.
3. Configure and Assign the App in Intune
The final step is to configure the app details and assign it to the correct user or device groups, ensuring it appears in the Company Portal.
- In Apps > All Apps, find the newly added Managed Google Play app and select it.
- In the app’s properties blade, go to the Properties section, and click Edit under App information.
- Review the Name and Description—these are what users will see in the Company Portal.
- Optional: Set Show this as a featured app in the Company Portal to Yes to display it prominently.
- Click Review + save, and then Save.
- Go to the Properties section again and click Edit under Assignments.
- Under the Required, Available for enrolled devices, or Available with or without enrollment assignment types, select + Add group.
- To deploy the app to the Company Portal for the user to install (Available/Optional): Choose the Available for enrolled devices section. Note: Apps in this section appear in the Company Portal.
- Select the Azure AD user or device group that should have access to install this application.
- Click Select to confirm the groups.
- Click Review + save, and then Save to finalize the assignment.
The app will now be available in the Company Portal app on the Android Enterprise devices belonging to the assigned groups, ready for users to install.
