Managing Applications and Application Catalog Databases

AdminStudio 2020 R2 SP1 | 20.01 | Application Manager

Edition:Application Manager is included with AdminStudio Professional and Enterprise Editions.

The Application Catalog serves as the central repository for applications in all formats. You use Application Manager to manage your applications and their deployment types in the Application Catalog. Tasks you perform to manage your Application Catalog include importing applications and packages, setting up automatic package import, organizing packages into groups, viewing and editing application and package data, and viewing reports on Application Catalog data.

Information about using Application Manager is organized into the following sections:

Topics Regarding Using Application Manager

Section

Description

About the AdminStudio Host Process

Describes the AdminStudio Host Process, which is where most of Application Manager’s core functionality resides.

Managing Application Catalogs

Explains how to create, connect to, search for, organize, view information about, and delete packages from an Application Catalog.

Importing

Explains how to import the following deployment types into the Application Catalog:

Windows Installer packages (.msi) with any associated transforms (.mst) or patches (.msp)
Applications and packages from ConfigMgr (Formerly called as System Center Configuration Manager)
Microsoft UWP app packages (.appx), which is the packaging format used to distribute and install apps on Windows 8.x and 10, and is the only format allowed for Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps.
Virtual applications in Microsoft App-V, Citrix XenApp, VMware ThinApp
Mobile apps in Apple iOS, Google Android, and Windows Store formats
macOS desktop applications in .dmg, .pkg, and Apple Mac App Store app formats
Installation packages (.exe), both legacy installers and complex installer executables that may contain bundled packages
PowerShell wrapped package (.ps1) files, which contain bundled packages
Package Feed Module
Microsoft MSIX package (.msix)
Merge modules (.msm)
OS snapshots (.osc)
Web applications
Web deploy packages (.zip)

Automatically Importing Packages from a Network Directory

Describes how to automatically import packages from one or more network directories using the Package Auto Import feature. Includes support for batch import of Microsoft Security Patch files (.msu) and iOS Enterprise Policy Configuration Files (.mobileconfig or .plist).

Identifying Vendor Command Line Arguments

Describes the command line switches for a software package which imports into the catalog and also wrap the package along with the command line switches in one single wizard.

Viewing Application Testing and Analysis Reports on the Reports Tab

Describes the available Application Catalog reports that are displayed on the Reports tab, and explains how to create your own custom reports.

Managing ConfigMgr (Formerly called as System Center Configuration Manager) Application Model Data

Describes how to view metadata for applications in Application Manager.

Managing macOS Desktop Application Metadata

Describes how to view extracted metadata for macOS desktop applications.

Managing Mobile App Metadata

Explains how to view extracted mobile app data, how to manage iOS Enterprise Policy Configuration files, and how to view mobile app reports.

Managing App Portal Application Information

Describes how to view and edit the information used when an application is added to the App Portal catalog: title, descriptions, categories, template, and keywords.

Enabling Application Extended Attributes

Explains how to record custom data for applications by defining custom extended attributes, and displaying those attributes on a new Extended Attributes tab of the Application View.

Managing ConfigMgr (Formerly called as System Center Configuration Manager) Package Deployment Data

Describes how to view and edit data related to the deployment of packages to Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and later.

Managing App-V Package Deployment Data

Describes how to view and edit data related to the deployment of App‑V 5.0 packages.

Managing Casper Package Deployment Data

Describes how to view and edit data related to the deployment of macOS packages to JAMF Casper Server.

Managing Citrix XenApp Package Deployment Data

Describes how to view and edit data related to the deployment of packages to Citrix XenApp Server.

Managing Altiris Package Deployment Data

Describes how to view and edit data related to the deployment of packages to Symantec Altiris Server.

Managing Workspace ONE Package Deployment Data

Describes how to view and edit data related to the deployment of packages to Workspace ONE Server.

Managing App-V Virtual Environments

Explains how to create App-V virtual environments for App-V 5.0 packages for both Microsoft App‑V Servers and Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Servers.

Viewing Additional Package Data

Describes how to view and edit package metadata for Windows Installer and App‑V packages in Application Manager.

Creating, Importing, and Managing PowerShell-Wrapped Packages

Details AdminStudio’s support for PowerShell-wrapped packages.

Using the Conversion Wizard to Perform Virtualization or Repackaging

Explains how to upgrade an App-V 4.6 package in your Application Catalog to App-V 5.0 format.

Also explains how to use the Conversion Wizard to perform conversion of Windows Installer or legacy packages to specified virtual formats or to perform repackaging.

Using Test on Virtual Machine Wizard

Explains how to use this wizard to quickly launch a specified virtual machine and install a selected Windows Installer (.msi) package, App-V package (.appv), PowerShell-wrapped (.ps1) package, or installation executable (.exe) package (both legacy installers and complex installation executables) for testing.

Software Repository Integration into Other AdminStudio Tools

Explains how to manage a software package’s associated installation files using the Software Repository.

Taking OS Snapshots

Explains how to create OS Snapshots using the OS Snapshot Wizard.

Reference

Describes the Application Manager interface, and the views, wizards and dialog boxes related to managing Application Catalog databases.