# Configure Categories in a Patch My PC Cloud Deployment

*Applies to: Patch My PC Cloud*

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**Note**

Using the **Categories** tool is optional.
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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.

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**Note**

See the [Create and edit categories for apps](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/apps/apps-add#create-and-edit-categories-for-apps) section of [Add apps to Microsoft Intune](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/apps/apps-add) for more information on App Categories.
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To add a Category to a deployment:

1. Add the [**Categories** tool](/patch-my-pc-cloud/deployments/deploy-app/configurations-tab.md#adding-additional-tools).
2. Click the **Categories** tool.

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3. 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.

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**Tip**

You can click the **X** beside a Category in the **Add Category** field to delete it from the list.
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4. Repeat this process to add any additional categories.
5. Go to to step 8. if you do not want to add a new Category.
6. To add a new Category, type its name in the **Add Category** field.

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**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.
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7. 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.

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The number of categories selected is shown beside the **Categories** tool.

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**Note**

See [Check App Categories](/patch-my-pc-cloud/technical-references/intune-reference/check-app-categories-in-intune.md) 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.
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## Next Steps

If you do not want to configure any additional settings, click **Next** to move to the [Assignments](/patch-my-pc-cloud/deployments/deploy-app/assignments-tab.md) tab.

Otherwise, navigate to the relevant tool to configure the required settings, which are explained in the relevant section.


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