Retiring or Reinstating an Application in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
AdminStudio 2021 R2 | 22.0 | Application Manager
Edition:Application Manager is included with AdminStudio Professional and Enterprise Editions.
You can retire or reinstate an application in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager by changing its Status property on the Deployment Status tab of the Application View, without even being required to republish the application.
When you retire an application, it is no longer available for deployment but the application and any deployments of the application are not deleted. Existing copies of this application that have been installed on client computers will not be removed. If an application that has no deployments is retired, it will be deleted from the Configuration Manager console after 60 days. However, any installed copies of the application are not removed.
To retire or reinstate an application in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager:
| 1. | Open the Home tab of Application Manager. |
| 2. | Select application node of an application that has been published to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. The General Information tab of the Application View opens. |
| 3. | Open the Deployment Status tab. |
| 4. | Set the Status field to one of the following options: |
| • | Retire—Select this option to make this application unavailable for distribution by System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. |
| • | Active—Select this option to reinstate this application, making a formerly retired application once again available for distribution by System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. |
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