If you plan to use our on-premises Publisher to publish your Custom Apps, you need to integrate it as detailed below before you can create a Custom App.

**Note**

If you only plan to use Intune Apps for Cloud to deploy your Custom Apps, you do not need to complete this process and can now [Create a Custom App](create-a-custom-app/).

To connect Publisher to PMPC Cloud:

  1. Load the Patch My PC Publishing Service (Publisher) and verify you are running at least version 2.1.20.0. If you are not, upgrade to the latest version.
  2. Click the Cloud tab.

Tip

If the **Cloud** tab is not present, check you have entered your license key and clicked **Validate**.

"Cloud" tab of our Publisher
  1. In the Connection Name field, enter a unique name for the connection. For example Patch My PC Custom Apps, then click Connect.

**Note**

The name you enter here determines how this connection shows on the **Connections** page of the **portal**.

Entering a "Connection Name" and clicking "Connect"

  1. In your browser, enter the Entra ID you used to onboard to PMPC Cloud or click to select the relevant account from the list of already signed-in accounts. Then click Next.

    "Microsoft Sign in" screen

  2. Enter the password and click Sign in.

    "Enter password" screen

    If the connection is successful, a new browser tab opens with the following message:

    Authentication complete. You can return to the application. Feel free to close this browser tab.

    You can close this tab at this point.

  3. If the Edit a customer screen is not displayed, proceed to Step 8.

  4. If the Edit a customer screen is displayed, click to select the customer you want to connect to, then click OK.

    Selecting the relevant customer from the "Edit a customer" screen

  5. In Publisher, verify the Connection Status shows as Connected, then click Save and Close.

    Publisher showing it's "Connected"

**Note**

You can also use the [Verifying the Publisher connection from the Portal](../cloud-administration/manage-cloud-connections/verify-a-publisher-connection-from-cloud.md) process to verify that your Publisher is connected to the Portal.