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Managing Configuration Manager applications

Configuration Manager Applications in Shopping are used to publish Configuration Manager Packages and Programs, Applications or Task Sequences to the Shopping portal. To create these applications the appropriate Configuration Manager Package and Program, Application or Task Sequence must already be created.

New Applications

To create a new application:

  1. In the Shopping Admin Console, choose the Applications node.

  2. On the right pane, right-click and from the context menu, choose New ConfigMgr/Intune Application.

  3. Follow the New Configuration Manager/Intune Application wizard.

Welcome

On the Welcome screen, click Next.

Welcome

General Details

On the General Details screen, populate the attributes for the application, then click Next.

Feature

Explanation

Display Name

Name of the application which is used in the Shopping Admin Console and is what the user sees in the Shopping Web portal.

Comment

Additional information for the application.

Cost

Cost of the application used in the Shopping Web portal, the Shopping basket and in email notifications. The cost is displayed in the currency that is set in the Shopping Central server.

Change Icon

Changes the icon associated with the application. By default, the dialog displays the icons from the SHELL32.DLL file. If you prefer to use a different icon, click Browse to navigate to a new location for your icon and click OK to use it.

Properties

  • Mandatory – choose this if you want the application to be advertised using a mandatory advertisement.

  • Reshoppable – reshoppable applications are those that always appear in list of applications available to the users regardless of whether they have successfully shopped for it on their computer.

    The default is that applications are not reshoppable. This means that they will disappear from the list of applications (on a per user, per computer basis) as soon they have been shopped for and approved or rejected.

    In order to allow reshoppable applications to work, the Shopping service account must have full administration rights on the client computers, as described in Requirements.

Note

When a Configuration Manager Application is shopped for again it forces a reschedule of the advert on the computer.

If the Configuration Manager package and program refers to an MSI, Shopping will reschedule the advert but the program may fail as a result of the application already being installed.

  • Application Ref - an optional field that provides a means for Shopping administrators to provide a unique ID for each application which is used in conjunction with the Shopping API.

General Details

User Categories

On the User Categories screen, choose the user categories the application will be available, then click Next.

  • Select/Deselect All – tick the checkbox to select or deselect all the user categories from the list

  • User Categories – tick the checkbox next to the user category to select it.

Note

If you do not choose a user category, the application will appear in the Miscellaneous user category.

User Categories

Central or Branch Management

On the Central or Branch Management screen, choose how the application is managed, in our example, we've chosen Central Administrator.

Then, click Next.

If you choose:

  • Central Administrator - the application is centrally managed and is administered from the Shopping Admin Console. The approval and publication for the application is determined in the Approval screen.

  • Branch Administrator - the application is managed at a branch level, refer to Branch management for details. The application is initially defined in the Shopping Admin Console but its approval and publication to the computer category must be completed by the branch administrator.

Note

If you choose:

  • Central Administrator - the Approval screen is displayed next

  • Branch Administrator - you'll see the Application delivery mechanism screen next.

Central or Branch Management

Approval

On the Approval screen, choose the type of approval for the application.

Approval type

Explanation

None

No approval required. Users can request the application as long as they have permissions to view it.

Application Based

Approvers are required for the application.

If you choose this option, the Application-based Approval screen is displayed.

Computer Category Based

Approvers are based on Shopping Computer Categories.

If you choose this option, the Computer Categories screen is displayed.

Note

Applications that require approval may need some Shopping approvers defined, refer to Approvers for details.

Alternatively, you can use the pre-defined <MANAGER> approver which will select the manager of the user, as determined by AD, as an approver.

Approval

Application-based Approval

On the Application-based Approval screen, choose the approval method.

When you have selected the approvers, click Next to to go the Application delivery Mechanism screen.

Approval Method

Explanation

Any Approver

All approvers in the list are sent an email notification when an application request is made. The outcome of the request is determined when the first person in the list approves or rejects the application request.

One Time Approval

The outcome (approve or reject) for the application request is processed only once for a particular user. Subsequent requests by that user for the same application will always follow the original outcome.

Chain of Approvers

All approvers in the list must approve the application request for it to be successful. As long as the request is not rejected, approvers are sent email notifications sequentially to ask them to approve or reject the request. When one approver rejects the request, the process stops immediately and the application request is treated as rejected.

Application Delivery Mechanism

Computer Categories

Approvers are required for specific computers where the application is to be installed. If you choose this option, theComputer Categoriesscreen is displayed.

  1. Select/Deselect All – selects or deselects all the categories in the list.

  2. Choose the computer categories from the list by ticking the check box next to it.

  3. Click Next.

Clicking next takes you to Computer Category based Approval screen.

Computer Categories

Computer Category based Approval

On the Computer Category based Approval screen, select the approval method and approvers for the computer category.

When you have set the approval settings for your chosen computer category, click Next to to go the Application delivery Mechanism screen.

Approval setting

Explanation

Any Approver

All approvers in the list are sent an email notification when an application request is made. The outcome of the request is determined when the first person in the list approves or rejects the application request.

One Time Approval

The outcome (approve or reject) for the application request is processed only once for a particular user. Subsequent requests by that user for the same application will always follow the original outcome.

Chain of Approvers

All approvers in the list must approve the application request for it to be successful. As long as the request is not rejected, approvers are sent email notifications sequentially to ask them to approve or reject the request. When one approver rejects the request, the process stops immediately and the application request is treated as rejected.

Computer Category based Approval

Application delivery mechanism

Choose the delivery mechanism for your application from:

  • ConfigMgr

  • Intune

  • Both.

If you choose Both, you'll be prompted to select your preferred delivery mechanism for co-managed devices.

If you're using an Intune package, refer to the Managing Intune applications page for details.

In our example we've chosen ConfigMgr.

Click Next.

Application delivery mechanism

ConfigMgr application details

On the ConfigMgr application details, choose how the application is advertised and click Next.

Installation option

Explanation

Package and Program

Uses a Configuration Manager package and program for the installation. You can also choose a Configuration Manager package and program or task sequence to uninstall the application.

Task Sequence

Uses a Configuration Manager task sequence for the installation. You can also choose a Configuration Manager package and program or task sequence to uninstall the application.

Can be uninstalled

The Package field is populated with packages from the Configuration Manager site and the Program field is populated with programs with its associated package.

Application

Uses a Configuration Manager Application.

Your options are:

  • Application – populated with applications from the Configuration Manager site

  • Can be uninstalled – enables the application to be uninstalled. No additional configuration is necessary as the uninstall information is included in the Configuration Manger application.

Note

For rental applications, the Can be uninstalled option must be checked i.e. you must be able to uninstall the application, refer to Configuring application rental for details.

  • Required - ???

  • Type – if you select Device, the application is added to a machine-centric collection. If you choose User, it is added to a user-centric collection.

ConfigMgr application details

ConfigMgr Sites

On the ConfigMgr Sites screen, choose the sites where the application will be available and click Next.

  • All Sites and Unmanaged Clients – the application is available in all sites, including ones that are added at a later date

  • Selected Sites – the application is only available in the selected sites. If you choose this option and select all the sites from the list.

Note

If you choose All Sites, the application is available to any Configuration Manager site added at a later date.

If you choose to make the application available to selected sites, the application is available just to those sites regardless of what is added later – unless the application is edited to include the new sites explicitly.

ConfigMgr Sites

Licensing Details

On the Licensing Details screen, set the attributes for the application's licensing for the ConfigMgr Sites, then click Next.

  • License Count – the number of licenses used for this application

  • Threshold (%) – the point at which an email notification is sent to the License Manager informing them that licenses are running out

  • Max Licenses – the maximum number of licenses available for the application.

Licensing Details

Completion

On the Completion screen, click Finish to complete the wizard or go back and review your options.

Completing the New Application Wizard