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Shop Setup Guide

The Shop Setup Guide decides who can order what. It binds Active Directory groups or user collections to a package security group, and fills that group with applications and custom shop items — in four steps.

1 Group 2 Who 3 Applications 4 Custom items

1 Package Security Group

Shop Setup Guide, step 1: the four steps at the top, Select Package Security Group, and Or create new with Create
Shopping › Shop Setup Guide, step 1.

Choose an existing package security group to change it, or type a name under Or create new and click Create. Start the name with SHOPPING - to make the group affect only the shop. After you choose or create a group, the guide moves on to step 2 by itself. With several sites or Intune tenants, choose the site or tenant at the top first.

2 AD-Groups and collections

Step 2: the AD groups and collections assigned to the package security group, each with a red X, and Add AD-Group or Collection with the domain, the group and Add
Step 2: who the group is for.

Choose AD Group, pick the domain and the group, and click Add — or choose Collection and pick a user collection. Add as many as you need; a group can be in several package security groups. The red × removes one. Adding and removing take effect at once. Then click Next, or the Packages step at the top.

3 Packages

Step 3: a search box and a list of packages and applications to tick, with icon, source and name, and Set install and uninstall allowed for all selected packages with Save changes
Step 3: the applications in the group.

Tick the packages and applications — search to find them; the ticks are kept while you search and page. Tick Set install and uninstall allowed for all selected packages so shoppers can install and uninstall them. If you have no custom shop items, click Save changes; otherwise continue to step 4.

The first time is slow The first time, every selected application is prepared for the shop: missing friendly names are filled in, and for applications the description and icon are taken from the catalogue. That can take a while.

4 Custom Shop Items

Step 4: a search box and a list of custom shop items to tick, with Previous and Save changes
Step 4: the custom shop items in the group.

Tick the custom shop items the group may order, and click Save changes.

5 Changing it later

Run the guide again whenever you want to change who may order what: choose the group in step 1 and work through the steps. Package security groups can also be managed on their own in Package Security Groups. Cancel leaves the guide without saving what you ticked.

6 Best practice

  • Choose or create the Package Security Group first. The later steps do not open until a group has been chosen.
  • Keep Set install and uninstall allowed for all selected packages ticked if shoppers should install and uninstall the packages you select. The box is ticked by default.

7 Troubleshooting

SymptomCauseWhat to do
“Please enter a name.” You clicked Create with the box under Or create new empty. Type a name in the box, then click Create.
“A Package Security Group with this name already exists.” The name is already used by another group. Choose the existing group in the list, or type a different name.
“Please select or create a Package Security Group.” The guide was moved to a later step before a group was chosen. Choose or create the group in step 1, then continue.