Screening Questions: Application Packager and Deployment Engineer Profile: 9-10 years' experience. PSADT packaging, Intune deployment (Win32, Microsoft Store, Enterprise App Catalog), working knowledge of Entra and DEX tools (Aternity, Nexthink). Packaging and Deployment 1. A PSADT package works when you run it as an admin on your test VM, but fails when Intune deploys it. List the differences between the two contexts that could cause this. 2. An installer is user-context only (writes to HKCU or %AppData%), but you need to deploy it to shared or multi-user devices. How do you approach it? 3. You must upgrade an app from v1 to v2 where v1 was installed with a different installer type (EXE to MSI) and has user config to retain. Describe your packaging and deployment design. 4. Your detection rule is version-based, but some devices report "not installed" after a successful install, while others loop with repeated install attempts. What causes this and how do you fix it? 5. Walk through the Intune Win32 app lifecycle on a device, from assignment to reporting. Which logs and services are involved, and where would you look if an app is stuck at "Download pending" or "Installing"? 6.



How do you handle an app that requires a reboot, a long install window, or user interaction in a pre-login or Autopilot (ESP) scenario? 7. You are packaging an app with prerequisites (for example Visual C++, .
NET, or a Java runtime) and a config file that differs per region or business unit. How do you structure packages, dependencies and assignments? 8. When would you deploy an app as a Win32 package vs the Enterprise App Catalog vs a Microsoft Store (current) app vs a line-of-business MSI? Give a real example of each, including its limitations. 9. Describe your approach to app updates at scale. How do you keep 50+ apps current without breaking users, and how do you roll back a bad version? 10. You are asked to standardise packaging across a team of 5 engineers. What would you put in place? Entra and DEX Tools 11. Your team uses Aternity or Nexthink alongside Intune. What role does each tool play in an app deployment lifecycle, what data comes from where, and how would you use them to validate that a rollout actually worked?

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