Deploy Rancher Desktop to Microsoft Intune
SUSEWindowsversion 1.24.0, 29 June 2026
Rancher Desktop is in the PatchBee catalog as a Windows app from SUSE, 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
Rancher Desktop 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 "RancherDesktop.msi" /qn /norestart WSLINSTALLED=1
- Uninstall
- msiexec /x {B589FE33-2E5E-46F2-B559-EBC1727D8CB7} /qn /norestart
- Detection
- MSI product code. Product code {B589FE33-2E5E-46F2-B559-EBC1727D8CB7}, version 1.24.0 or newer.
- Requirements
- x64 · per machine
Installers in version 1.24.0
| 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 Rancher Desktop in its winget manifest. PatchBee uses them as the installer's unattended switches, so the package installs without a click.
- Custom (always added)
- WSLINSTALLED=1
About Rancher Desktop
Rancher Desktop is an open-source project to bring Kubernetes and container management to the desktop.
Windows, macOS and Linux versions of Rancher Desktop are available for download, though do note that the Linux version is considered a tech preview.
- Publisher
- SUSE
- Homepage
- rancherdesktop.io/
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Source
- winget · SUSE.RancherDesktop
- Versions in catalog
- 46
Also in the catalog for the other platform: Rancher Desktop for macOS
How this becomes an app in your tenant
Sign in with your Microsoft work account and connect your Intune tenant once. Find Rancher Desktop 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 SUSE 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.