Deploy Chef Workstation to Microsoft Intune
"Chef Software, Inc. <maintainers@chef.io>"Windowsversion 25.14.2.1, 26 May 2026
Chef Workstation is in the PatchBee catalog as a Windows app from "Chef Software, Inc. <maintainers@chef.io>", synced from the Windows Package Manager community repository (winget). Pick it in the App Library and PatchBee writes the deployment plan below, builds the package, publishes it to your Intune tenant and assigns it to the Entra groups you choose. New versions then follow through your update rings.
The plan PatchBee writes
Chef Workstation as an Intune app
The standard form for a MSI (WiX) (x64, per machine). The real plan is generated from the installer when you package, and shown in full before anything is published; every field can be changed.
- Intune app type
- Windows app (Win32), .intunewin
- Install
- msiexec /i "ChefWorkstation.msi" /qn /norestart
- Uninstall
- msiexec /x {6B0334F2-2C28-4FF9-8087-F2C609C6B65C} /qn /norestart
- Detection
- MSI product code. Product code {6B0334F2-2C28-4FF9-8087-F2C609C6B65C}, version 25.14.2.1 or newer.
- Requirements
- x64 · per machine
Installers in version 25.14.2.1
| Architecture | Type | Scope | Hash |
|---|---|---|---|
| x64 | MSI (WiX) | per machine | SHA-256 published |
PatchBee downloads the installer from the publisher's own URL and verifies its SHA-256 against the catalog before packaging. "None published" means the source carries no hash for this download, so that check has nothing to compare against; packaging still works.
Silent install switches
Recorded for Chef Workstation in its winget manifest. PatchBee uses them as the installer's unattended switches, so the package installs without a click.
- Install location
- INSTALLLOCATION="<INSTALLPATH>"
About Chef Workstation
Start your infrastructure automation with Chef Workstation. Chef Workstation gives you everything you need to get started with Chef - ad hoc remote execution, remote scanning, configuration tasks, cookbook creation tools as well as robust dependency and testing software - all in one easy-to-install package.
Chef Workstation includes:
- Chef Infra Client
- Chef InSpec
- Chef Habitat
- chef and knife command line tools
- Publisher
- "Chef Software, Inc. <maintainers@chef.io>"
- Homepage
- www.chef.io/downloads
- License
- Proprietary
- Source
- winget · ChefSoftware.Workstation
- Versions in catalog
- 10
Also in the catalog for the other platform: Chef Workstation for macOS
How this becomes an app in your tenant
Sign in with your Microsoft work account and connect your Intune tenant once. Find Chef Workstation in the App Library, open its plan (the commands, detection rule and requirements above, editable) and publish: PatchBee downloads and verifies the installer, builds the package, creates the Intune app and assigns your groups. When "Chef Software, Inc. <maintainers@chef.io>" ships a new version, PatchBee detects it and rolls it out through your rings, with supersedence and rollback.
Read the step-by-step guideMore Windows apps
Catalog data as of 11 October 2026, from the Windows Package Manager community repository (winget). The product re-reads the source every night and plans against the live catalog, so the version here may already be one behind. Nothing is published to a tenant without an administrator approving the plan.