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5050For fleet rollouts, distribute the installer through your standard software-distribution mechanism. On the MDM and bootstrap paths, distribute it after the configuration reaches devices; [Choose a configuration delivery model](#choose-a-configuration-delivery-model) covers how the configuration gets there.
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52On Windows, installing the `.msix` package requires administrator rights. Provision the package for all users of each device:
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54* **Intune, with auto-update enabled**: deploy the package as a Win32 app with Anthropic's [install and detection scripts](https://downloads.claude.ai/releases/enterprise/intune/Claude-Intune-README.md), and set the app's **Install behavior** to **System**.
55* **Intune, with auto-update disabled** ([`disableAutoUpdates`](https://claude.com/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/configuration#disableautoupdates)): deploy the package as a line-of-business app in device context, assigned to a device group.
56* **Other software-distribution tools**: from the system account or an elevated PowerShell session, run `Add-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online -PackagePath <path to .msix> -SkipLicense`.
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58Users, including standard users, get the app after they next sign in to Windows.
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60Provisioning leaves an existing legacy `.exe` install in place, and users who open it don't get Cowork. Remove it as each affected user:
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621. Quit Claude Desktop.
632. In a Command Prompt, run `"%LOCALAPPDATA%\AnthropicClaude\Update.exe" --uninstall -s`.
643. After the command finishes, delete the `%LOCALAPPDATA%\AnthropicClaude` folder and the Start menu shortcut `%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Claude.lnk`.
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5266## Choose a configuration delivery model
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5468Configuration reaches devices in one of three ways. With the Enterprise Admin Console, Anthropic hosts the configuration and users receive it by signing in to the app. With MDM or a bootstrap server, you typically push a profile to devices with your MDM tooling, and the two differ in what the profile contains.
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