GlobalProtect
Deploy a New Device Using Windows Autopilot and Microsoft Intune
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Deploy a New Device Using Windows Autopilot and Microsoft
Intune
Learn how to provision GlobalProtect on a brand new device
using Windows Autopilot and Microsoft Intune
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You can ship a new Windows device to an end
user and automatically deploy the GlobalProtect app and any required
PKI or authentication settings automatically by leveraging Microsoft
Intune and Windows Autopilot. This is useful in environments where
you want to ship the device directly from a supplier or warehouse
without having to do any configuration, such as PKI and certificate
deployment, GlobalProtect app deployment prior to delivery to the
end user.
Use Autopilot to Deploy GlobalProtect in Connect Before Logon
Mode
In Connect Before Logon mode,
the GlobalProtect app acts as a Pre-Login Access Provider (PLAP)
credential provider to provide access to your corporate network
before the user logs in to the Windows device, allowing users on
an endpoint that is not yet set up with a local profile, certificates,
or user accounts to gain the access needed to reach the domain controller
and join the domain. This deployment does not require a PKI environment
and instead uses a user-based logon sequence (LDAP, RADIUS, SAML,
username/password-based authentication, smart cards, or OTP authentication
are supported). In this deployment, the end user device is provisioned
as follows:
- The end user logs in to Autopilot, identifying their domain.
- Autopilot then connects to Intune, which has been configured to deploy the GlobalProtect app with the default portal address, the Connect Before Logon settings, and the domain join configuration.
- The end user clicks the Pre-Login Access Provider (PLAP) button to log in to GlobalProtect and establish the tunnel to the GlobalProtect gateway (on premises or Prisma Access), enabling access to the domain controller.
- GlobalProtect prompts the user to log in to the credential provider, after which Windows Autopilot can finish configuring the device.
To use this deployment, you will need to
create a package for Microsoft Intune to deploy to Windows Autopilot.
This package will contain the GlobalProtect MSI file along with
a couple of wrapper scripts you will create to install the MSI and
set the configuration parameters needed to deploy the app in Connect
Before Logon mode, and a second script to launch the installer in
64-bit mode (Intune launches in 32-bit mode by default). You will
then upload the package to Intune to create the application and
add it to the group targeted for Autopilot.
- Download the GlobalProtect app MSI file from the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support Portal.For this deployment to work you must use GlobalProtect App version 5.2.x or later (which is when Connect Before Logon was introduced).
- Create a PowerShell wrapper script to instruct Microsoft Intune how to install GlobalProtect.The script must include the instructions to:
- Set the portal address so the user doesn’t have to enter it (PORTAL=”)portal_name”
- Set the app to use the default browser after the initial logon (DEFAULTBROWSER=”yes”)
- Set the connect method to Connect Before Logon (CONNECTMETHOD=”user-logon”)
- Register GlobalProtect with the Windows credential provider to allow for Connect Before Logon at the login screen
You can also use additional settings to customize the GlobalProtect app deployment. Here is an example of a wrapper script that you can copy and edit with your own values for the portal address and MSI file name:$PortalAddress = 'myportal.gpcloudservice.com' $MSIFileName = 'GlobalProtect64-6.0.4.msi' $MSISwitches = '/quiet /norestart' $ScriptPath = Split-Path -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path $InstallProcess = Start-Process -FilePath "msiexec" -ArgumentList ("/i " + [char]34 + $ScriptPath + "\" + $MSIFileName + [char]34 PORTAL=”myportal.gpcloudservice.com”” DEFAULTBROWSER=””yes”” CONNECTMETHOD=””user-logon”” #Register PLAP provider Start-Process -FilePath "$env:ProgramFiles\Palo Alto Networks\GlobalProtect\PanGPS.exe" -ArgumentList "-registerplap" -Wait Write-Host ("Installation completed, exiting with last return code (" + $InstallProcess.ExitCode + ")") Exit $InstallProcess.ExitCode(Hybrid Azure AD only) Install the Intune Connector for Active Directory and the AzureAD Connector.Register the end user devices with Autopilot and create the group for the Out of Box Experience (OOBE) you are creating to deploy the GlobalProtect app.Refer to the Microsoft Windows Autopilot documentation for instructions.Create the GlobalProtect app installation package (the MSI file and the scripts) and upload it to Microsoft Intune.- By default, the installer launches in 32-bit mode. Use the script to convert it to 64-bit mode as in the following example:IntuneWinAppUtil.exe -c C:\Temp\GlobalProtectPackage\Install -s GlobalProtect64-6.0.4.msi -o C:\Temp\GlobalProtectPackage\Output
- Make sure theInstall commandpoints to the batch file you created to launch the MSI in 64-bit mode.
Test the deployment process.- Power on the device, which will automatically connect to Autopilot and launch the OOBE experience you customized.
- When prompted, provide your username to identify the organization you belong to so that you can complete Autopilot registration.
This initiates the Autopilot registration. Autopilot then reboots the system and invokes the Intune profile you created and assigned to the device, which begins the process of pushing the GlobalProtect app and the settings you defined to specify the portal, set the Connect Before Logon mode, and the command flags to register GlobalProtect with the credential provider to the device, along with any other apps and configurations you defined in the Intune profile.
- After the configurations and apps are pushed to the endpoint, click the Pre-Login Access Provider (PLAP) button
to log
in to GlobalProtect and establish the tunnel.
GlobalProtect begins connecting using the portal name you supplied in your wrapper script.
- After successfully establishing the tunnel, GlobalProtect prompts you to log in to the credential provider. Enter your domain credentials.If you are using SAML, GlobalProtect presents the embedded browser even if you have pushed settings to use the default browser. This is because the user is not yet logged in.
- After successful authentication, the GlobalProtect Connected screen displays. The device now has the connectivity required to reach the domain controller and join the domain. ClickBack.
- Enter your Windows domain login credentials to log in to the device and join the domain.
- After you successfully authenticate using the domain credentials, Autopilot finishes configuring the user profile.
- Verify that GlobalProtect has been successfully installed and that policy is being enforced as expected.Review the traffic logs to ensure that the device is hitting the security policy you have configured for your GlobalProtect users. For example, in the logs below we can see that user10@acmeprismaaccess.com is hitting the rule that allows mobile users that pass the HIP check can access the internal network.
