How to assign a category to an Intune Application using the powershell script

Question

I am trying to update an intune published application using the powershell using the below command

$category = @{"@odata.type"= "#microsoft.graph.mobileAppCategory"

ID = "0000000-0000-000-0000-000000000000"

DisplayName = "Test App"}

$category = $category | ConvertTo-Json

Update-MgbetaDeviceAppManagementMobileApp -MobileAppId $mobileAppId -BodyParameter $category

Error Message

Update-MgBetaDeviceAppManagementMobileApp : Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.

Status: 400 (BadRequest)

ErrorCode: ModelValidationFailure

Date: 2025-01-16T18:51:12

Headers:

Transfer-Encoding : chunked

Vary : Accept-Encoding

Strict-Transport-Security : max-age=31536000

request-id : Removed

client-request-id : Removed

x-ms-ags-diagnostic : Removed

Date : Thu, 16 Jan 2025 18:51:12 GMT

At line:1 char:1

• Update-MgBetaDeviceAppManagementMobileApp -MobileappID "0000000000000 ...

• 
      + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: ({ MobileAppId =...raphMobileApp }:<>f__AnonymousType153`3) [Update-MgBetaDe..._UpdateExpanded], Exception
  
      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ModelValidationFailure,Microsoft.Graph.Beta.PowerShell.Cmdlets.UpdateMgBetaDeviceAppManagementMobileApp_UpdateExpanded
  

Answer 1

@Thilak Baskaran, Thanks for posting in Q&A.

From your description, I know you want to assign a category to an Intune Application using the PowerShell script.

Based on my research, here is a link with useful information you can refer to.

https://memv.ennbee.uk/posts/creating-assigning-app-categories/

Non-official, just for reference.

Hope it can help you.

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