Deploy the desktop app to Windows with Microsoft Intune

This guide deploys the Dew desktop app to Windows computers and sets it up with Microsoft Intune. When you’re done, Dew is installed on every assigned computer, already connected to your server.

You need:

• The Dew desktop app for Windows as an .msi file, from the download page: Dew_<version>_x64_en-US.msi. Computers with Arm processors need the Arm64 .msi, Dew_<version>_arm64_en-US.msi.
• Permission to add apps and create device configuration profiles in the Intune admin center.
• A group containing the computers or people that use Dew.
• Your Dew server address, for example https://files.example.com.

1. Deploy Dew

1. In the Intune admin center, go to Apps → Windows and select Add.
2. Choose the app type Line-of-business app and upload the Dew .msi file.
3. Fill in the app information, for example Publisher Trinode.
4. Under Assignments, add your group as Required, then select Create.

If some of your computers have Arm processors, add the Arm64 .msi the same way as a second app, and assign each app to a group that contains only computers of its kind.

2. Import Dew’s settings template

Dew’s settings appear in Intune once you import its administrative template.

1. Download Dew.admx and Dew.adml.
2. Go to Devices → Windows → Configuration and open the Import ADMX tab.
3. Select Import, choose Dew.admx and Dew.adml, and finish the import.
4. Wait until the import shows Available.

3. Choose Dew’s settings

1. On the Policies tab, select Create → New policy.
2. Choose the Templates profile type, then Imported Administrative templates (Preview), and name the profile Dew settings.
3. Go to Computer Configuration → Dew and set the settings you want:
   • Server address: select Enabled and enter your server address.
   • Verify server certificates: select Enabled to keep checks on. In Dew, this is Verify SSL certificates.
   • Start Dew at sign-in: select Enabled to open Dew at sign-in, or Disabled to stop it opening then. In Dew, this is Auto-start on login.
4. Assign the profile to the same group you deployed Dew to, then select Create.

A setting left at Not configured stays up to each person.

4. Check it worked

On an assigned computer, once Intune shows Dew as installed, open Dew from the Start menu, then click the Dew icon in the system tray. The Server URL on the sign-in screen shows your server address, locked. After signing in, select Settings (the gear icon) in the Dew window: Auto-start on login and Verify SSL certificates are locked if you set them, and show Managed by your organization when you hover over them.

If something doesn’t work

What you see	What to do
Dew isn’t installed	Check the app’s install status for that computer in Intune under Apps → Windows → Dew → Device install status.
The template import doesn’t finish	Check that you selected both Dew.admx and Dew.adml. Intune needs the pair.
The settings aren’t locked	Right-click the Dew icon in the system tray, select Quit, and open Dew again. Dew reads its settings when it starts.
Still not locked after reopening Dew	Check the profile’s status for that computer in Intune, then sync the device and try again.

For more detail, see the settings reference.