Create an app

1 Start from Create

Click Create at the top right of the Apps page. A menu opens with the two kinds of application you can create:

Option	What it does
SCCM Configuration Manager application	Creates an application from an installer on the package share (MSI, script, App-V or MSIX). Opens the wizard Create a Configuration Manager application.
Intune Intune Win32 app	Creates an application by uploading a package (`.intunewin`, `.msi` or a zip with the setup files). Opens the wizard Create an Intune Win32 app.

The Create menu under the Create button with Configuration Manager application and Intune Win32 app — The **Create** menu. Choose one of the two options. Press **Esc** to close the menu without choosing anything.

Nothing is created until the last step Both wizards create the application only when you complete their last step. Cancel closes the wizard without creating anything.

2 Intune Create an Intune Win32 app

The wizard Create an Intune Win32 app has four steps, shown across the top: 1 Template (optional), 2 Package, 3 Detection and 4 Details.

The Create an Intune Win32 app wizard on its first step, Template, with the No template option — The first step, **Template**. A template fills in the assignments, requirements and return codes; **No template** uses the default settings. The summary on the right fills in as you go, and **Create in Intune** stays unavailable until the last step.

Choose a template or No template. The later steps are Package, Detection and Details. The footer has Cancel, which closes the wizard without creating anything, and Create in Intune, which creates the application once the wizard is complete.

The template only sets the starting values. You can change the settings on the application later, with Edit on the application (see Opening an application).

3 SCCM Create a Configuration Manager application

The wizard Create a Configuration Manager application has five steps, shown across the top: 1 Template (optional), 2 Source folder, 3 Files and name, 4 Detection and 5 Check and create.

The Create a Configuration Manager application wizard on its first step, Template, with a list of templates and No template — The first step, **Template**. A template fills in the collections, distribution points and naming; you can change the names before the application is created. **No template** fills in everything yourself.

The summary on the right lists the Template, Source folder, Installer and Detection as you choose them. Click a step at the top to go back to it. Use Next to move forward and Cancel to close the wizard.

4 Best practices

Topic	Recommendation
Use a template for repeated packages	If you create the same kind of application often, make a template for it, so each new application starts with the same collections, assignments and naming. See Application templates and Intune application templates.
Check the names	The name and version you enter are what administrators see in the list and in the filters. Read them on the last step before you create the application.
Read the summary	The summary on the right shows the choices made so far. Check it before you finish the wizard.
Deploy after you test	Create the application, then deploy it to a small test group first. See Deploy software.

5 Troubleshooting

Symptom	Cause	What to do
The create button in the wizard is greyed out	The wizard is not on its last step yet. The Intune button stays unavailable until then.	Complete the steps in order. The button becomes available on the last step.
The Intune upload fails with an authorisation error	The app registration is missing a permission.	See Intune permissions.
A Configuration Manager application does not deploy	It has no install collection, or more than one install collection outside the SoftwareCentral collection structure.	Mend the application. See Mend packages.
The application is not in the list after you created it	A search or a filter on the Apps page is still active.	Clear the search box and the filters. See Search and filters.