MaaS360® provides a new workflow to migrate
applications from an SCCM server directly into MaaS360 using the MaaS360 Migration Tool. In addition
to Group Policy Objects (GPO) migration, the Migration Tool includes a new option named
Applications Migration, where the tool connects to an SCCM server, fetches
the metadata of MSI apps from the SCCM server, and then populates the tool with the fetched app
name. Administrators can choose which apps to migrate into MaaS360. When migration is initiated, MaaS360
fetches the binaries from the apps that are selected and uploads the corresponding apps to the MaaS360 server.
About this task
Use the MaaS360 Migration Tool to migrate apps from an SCCM server to the IBM®
MaaS360 Portal, and then
distribute and install those apps on Windows MDM
devices.
Procedure
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Download the Migration Tool from one of the following locations in the IBM
MaaS360 Portal:
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Click Install.
Install the Migration Tool on Windows 10+ endpoints
that are configured with a device that is connected to an SCCM server. Make sure that the device is
in the same domain as the SCCM server.
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Provide the username and password for the administrator who authenticates with MaaS360, and then click Next.
If authentication is successful, the installation wizard continues to the next
steps.
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From the Migration Type window, select Applications
Migration, and then click Next.
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From the Migration Configuration window, provide the SCCM server name,
SCCM site code, and SCCM server credentials, and then click Next.
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From the Migration Configuration window, select the apps that you want to
migrate from the SCCM server, and then click Next.
Note: For the 10.76 platform release, MaaS360 supports the migration of MSI apps only.
Note: When apps are migrated from SCCM to MaaS360, app
binaries and libraries are also migrated and published in MaaS360. Larger apps take up a greater amount of storage space for a customer account.
Customers might be charged for using additional storage space than what they are entitled to.
Customers should only migrate apps that are actively distributed to endpoints, and not migrate
inactive or retired apps.
If app migration is successful, click Finish.
The migrated apps are displayed in the MaaS360 App
Catalog:
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From the IBM
MaaS360 Portal
Home page, select .
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Click View next to the app name to open the app in the
Details view.
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Review information about the app.
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After you migrate an app, the app is ready for distribution to devices. To distribute the app
to Windows MDM devices, select the app, and then click
Distribute:
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From the IBM
MaaS360 Portal
Home page, select .
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Open the app that you want to distribute.
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In the Detail view of the app, click Distribute.
The Distribute App window is displayed.
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Click Distribute.
The app is successfully distributed to devices.
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Go to to view the details of the distributed app in the IBM
MaaS360 Portal Distribution
Details view.
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If app distribution is successful, users are ready to install the apps on their Windows devices.