

When we deploy the application, we can require the user to request approval to install the application, or we can allow the installation at will, in which case we can make the deployment required or available. Application Catalog contains only the applications deployed to users.Things to considerĭeploying applications to users is different than deploying applications to devices. For more information about Application Management with Configuration Manager 2012, please see Microsoft Technet here: RequirementsĪside from the Management Point and Distribution Point, you will need 2 more site system roles to support user-centric application management: Application Catalog Web Service Point and Application Catalog Website Point. For example, you can specify that the application can be installed only on systems with at least 1 GB of RAM. You can use Deployment Rules to identify the devices that are allowed to install the application.


This helps ensure that critical software is always available on each device that a user accesses. It provides a way of deploying an application to a user by associating a user with a device. In an effort to go towards a user-centric environment, Microsoft introduced a new method of deploying applications in ConfigMgr 2012, entitled Applications Management.
