Desktop backgrounds Intune deployment guide
Deploy desktop backgrounds via Intune using the Windows Branding Tool. This page covers how to manage and deploy desktop backgrounds Intune-wide across your Windows 10 and Windows 11 device fleet without PowerShell scripting. Desktop backgrounds Intune deployment supports both landscape and portrait screen orientations automatically. Learn more about deploying Win32 apps with Microsoft Intune on the official Microsoft documentation site. The Windows Branding Tool is the most affordable solution for desktop backgrounds Intune deployment, at just $1 USD per device per year. No scripts, no Group Policy, no stretched or pixellated images — just correctly sized wallpapers deployed to the right screen every time.
Deploy corporate desktop backgrounds via Intune — portrait & landscape
Deploy perfectly sized desktop wallpapers across your entire Windows device fleet using Microsoft Intune or MECM. No PowerShell. No stretched images. No scripts that break when someone changes their screen orientation.
Corporate wallpapers look wrong on the wrong screen
Stretched wallpapers on 4K monitors. Squished images on portrait displays. Screensavers playing sideways on vertical kiosk screens. Hot desk environments and multi-resolution fleets make consistent desktop branding nearly impossible without a tool designed specifically for it.
The Windows Branding Tool solves this by packaging your wallpaper images into a Branding Package that detects each device's screen resolution and orientation at runtime — and deploys the correctly sized image automatically. IT deploys once. Every screen looks right.
The right image on the right screen — automatically
Unlike Group Policy or basic Intune CSP policies that push a single image regardless of screen orientation, the Windows Branding Tool assigns the correct image based on each device's actual screen configuration at the time of deployment.
Landscape screens
Standard widescreen monitors, laptops, and dual-screen setups. Deploy multiple landscape images across different resolutions — 1920x1080, 2560x1440, 4K and beyond — without pixellation or stretching.
Portrait screens
Vertical kiosk screens, rotated monitors, and point-of-sale displays. A portrait-oriented image is automatically selected when the main screen is in vertical orientation — no manual configuration required.
Four steps from image to deployed desktop background
Prepare your images
Create landscape and portrait wallpaper images in your brand guidelines. Multiple resolutions are supported — the tool selects the best match for each screen automatically.
Import into the tool
Open the Windows Branding Tool and import your wallpaper images. Preview how each image will appear on landscape and portrait screens before packaging.
Create a Branding Package
The tool generates a self-contained silent installer. It produces both an MECM-ready executable and an .intunewin file for Intune Win32 app deployment.
Deploy via Intune or MECM
Distribute the Branding Package as a standard Win32 application. It installs silently, detects the screen orientation, and sets the correct wallpaper locally on each device.
Everything needed to deploy desktop backgrounds via Intune at scale
- Landscape wallpaper support — multiple resolutions
- Portrait wallpaper support — vertical screens
- Automatic orientation detection at runtime
- 4K and high-DPI screen support
- No stretched or pixellated images
- No PowerShell scripting required
- Deploy via Intune as a Win32 app
- Deploy via MECM as a standard application
- Fully local execution — no internet required post-deploy
- Pending reboot notification displayed on wallpaper
- Up to 12 Branding Packages per device simultaneously
- Campaign manager for scheduled wallpaper rollouts
One subscription. Five branding capabilities.
Your Branding Package licence covers desktop backgrounds, lock screen images, Outlook signatures, Teams backgrounds, and video screensavers — all for a single per-device price. Minimum 500 devices. Deploy using your existing Intune or MECM infrastructure.
per device
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