Deploy GitHub Desktop Beta to Microsoft Intune
GitHub, Inc.Windowsversion 3.5.5-beta2, 20 January 2026
GitHub Desktop Beta is in the PatchBee catalog as a Windows app from GitHub, Inc., 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
GitHub Desktop Beta 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 "GitHubDesktopBeta.msi" /qn /norestart
- Uninstall
- msiexec /x {42BE184E-9DEA-4FF1-8520-CAF033E9F2A1} /qn /norestart
- Detection
- MSI product code. Product code {42BE184E-9DEA-4FF1-8520-CAF033E9F2A1}, version 3.5.5-beta2 or newer.
- Requirements
- x64, ARM64 · per user or per machine
Installers in version 3.5.5-beta2
| Architecture | Type | Scope | Hash |
|---|---|---|---|
| x64 | EXE installer | per user | SHA-256 published |
| x64 | MSI (WiX) | per machine | SHA-256 published |
| ARM64 | EXE installer | scope decided at plan time | SHA-256 published |
| ARM64 | 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 GitHub Desktop Beta in its winget manifest. PatchBee uses them as the installer's unattended switches, so the package installs without a click.
- Silent
- /s
About GitHub Desktop Beta
Focus on what matters instead of fighting with Git.
Whether you're new to Git or a seasoned user, GitHub Desktop simplifies your development workflow.
- Publisher
- GitHub, Inc.
- Homepage
- desktop.github.com/beta/
- License
- MIT
- Source
- winget · GitHub.GitHubDesktop.Beta
- Versions in catalog
- 9
How this becomes an app in your tenant
Sign in with your Microsoft work account and connect your Intune tenant once. Find GitHub Desktop Beta 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 GitHub, Inc. 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.