Overview of Migration

Applies to: Patch My PC Cloud

Important

This documentation is for a pre-release feature still under development and, therefore, incomplete. As a result, both functionality and documentation are subject to change.

Once this feature is released, it will be announced and this banner removed.

The Migration feature of Patch My PC (PMPC) Cloud allows you to migrate the following items from a Microsoft Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) hierarchy to a PMPC Cloud company:

• Applications

• Packages

Rather than simply copying existing applications as-is, the migration experience is designed to support modernization. The goal is to help you move away from outdated, unsupported, or vulnerable applications and toward applications that are easier to manage and keep secure in a modern Intune environment.

As part of the migration process, PMPC Cloud analyzes your existing ConfigMgr applications to help identify:

• Applications that are outdated or no longer supported

• Applications exposed to known Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs)

• Opportunities to upgrade to newer, supported versions available in the Patch My PC catalog

All migrated applications benefit from additional customization and management capabilities to ensure they remain secure, maintainable, and aligned with modern desktop management practices.

Application Migration Options

PMPC Cloud supports two ways to migrate applications from ConfigMgr to Intune. The migration path is determined through ongoing application evaluation rather than at the moment a migration is initiated. For more information on how PMPC Cloud determines the appropriate migration path, see How Migration Type Is Determined.

PMPC Catalog App

Where possible, PMPC Cloud attempts to match a ConfigMgr application to an existing app in the Patch My PC catalog. A confident match is typically made using the hash of the main installer binary. When the hash isn't recognized, PMPC Cloud evaluates application metadata, such as the application title and publisher, to suggest a potential catalog match.

When an application is migrated as a catalog app, the app will be automatically updated and maintained over time.

PMPC Custom App

If PMPC Cloud cannot confidently match the application to a catalog app, the application is migrated as a PMPC Custom App.

Custom apps migrate the exact version of the application along with all installation arguments and customizations, allowing the app to be managed and modified in Intune through the PMPC Cloud portal.

Unlike applications migrated as catalog apps, PMPC Custom Apps are not automatically kept up to date and require manual updates when new versions are needed.