Categories (Deployments)

Applies to: Patch My PC Cloud

Note

Using the Categories tool is optional.

The Categories tool of the Patch My PC (PMPC) Cloud deployment wizard allows you to leverage Intune App Categories (Categories) in your deployments to help users find apps in the Company Portal.

Note

See the Create and edit categories for apps section of Add apps to Microsoft Intune for more information on App Categories.

To add a Category to a deployment:

  1. Click the Categories tool.

Clicking the “Categories” tool

  1. Scroll down to the Categories section.

Scrolling down to the "Categories" section

  1. Go to Step 6. to add a new category or in the Add Category field, either:

    1. Start typing the name of the relevant Category, then click the checkbox beside it to select it.

    2. Click the dropdown to see a list of existing Categories and click the relevant checkbox(es) to select it.

Selecting the checkbox beside the relevant categories

Tip

You can click the X beside a Category in the Add Category field to delete it from the list.

  1. Repeat this process to add any additional categories.

  2. Go to to step 8. if you do not want to add a new Category.

  3. To add a new Category, type its name in the Add Category field.

Note

You can create up to 200 categories per Intune tenant. Each category name must:

  • Be unique

  • Be less than 255 characters

  • Not contain the backslash (\) or quote (") characters

  • Not be the name of a script.

  1. Press ENTER and the Success – The category “<category_name>” has been created notification is shown, confirming the new category has been added to both Intune and this deployment.

“Success – The category “<category_name>” has been created” notification

Note

See Check App Categories for details on how to check within Intune that the Categories defined in the deployment have been assigned correctly.

Also:

  • If different Categories are configured in the portal and Intune admin center they are combined to be the same.

  • If a Category is created in the portal and then removed from the Intune admin center, it will be re-added by the portal.

  • Categories are also copied forward to a new version of an app.

  1. If you do not want to configure any of the optional tabs under the Tools section, click Next to move to the Assignments tab. Otherwise, click on the relevant tab under Tools to configure the required settings, which are explained in the relevant process.

Clicking "Next" to move to the "Assignments" page
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