Management

The SCCM Application Manager knows "its" applications. Clicking on Manage Applications will display them.

Existing applications that have been created manually are not displayed in the SCCM Application Manager.

Reload Applications

The list of applications can be reloaded with the Reload Applications button.

Change Application State

The change application state button changes the status of one or more applications to the following values:

• Test
• Approved
• Retired
• Obsolete
• Failed 

The change of a status does not only change the status of the application itself, but also the status of all related objects.

To do this, you must first select one or more applications using the checkbox (✅).

Starting with version 2.7.2.0, it is possible to make status changes dynamically. Selected applications are not moved to the previously selected state, but to the following status (Step forward) or previous status (Step back). The above menu has been extended accordingly:

The following rules apply:

Step forward

Current Status	New Status
TEST	APPROVED
APPROVED	RETIRED
RETIRED	OBSOLETE
OBSOLETE	remains unchanged
FAILED	remains unchanged

Step back

Current Status	New Status
APPROVED	TEST
RETIRED	APPROVED
OBSOLETE	RETIRED
TEST	remains unchanged
FAILED	remains unchanged

The following message appears:

The application and its properties with the status (TEST):

The application and its properties with the new status (APPROVED):

Delete Application

With the button Delete Application one or more applications can be deleted.

To do this, you must first select one or more applications using the checkbox (✅).

With the button Delete Application the selected applications are deleted after the following message.

The deletion of an application not only deletes the application itself, but also all involved objects (zero footprint), if their deletion is allowed.

Context Menu

Each application has a context menu that can be accessed with the right mouse button:

The individual menu items are described below.

Open Package Source Folder

Opens an explorer with the source path stored in the application.

Assign to Distribution Point Groups

This option can be used to assign distribution point groups to the application.

Update Distribution Points

Updates the distribution points of the selected application.

Edit Membership Rules

The SCCM Application Manager "knows" the collections, which are assigned to the selected application. Membership rules can be edited using an editor.

Reload Computers re-loads the list of computers. Add Computer adds one or more computers to the collection of membership rules.

Reload Collections re-loads the list of collections. Add as Inclusions adds an inclusion collections, Add as Exclusions adds an exclusion collection to the membership rules.

Add from File adds group memberships from a text file. Only those computers that exist within the Microsoft ® System Center are added. The text file must have the following format:

[...]
Computer04
Computer05
Computer06
Computer07
Computer08
[...]

Import Rules imports membership rules from a file (*.rul), where as Export Rules exports existing membership rules to a file. Delete Rules deletes all selected membership rules.

Membership rules are permanently saved in Microsoft ® System Center with the Butten Save.

Starting with version 3.0 of the SCCM Application Manager the aforementioned functionality is also available analogously for users.

View Membership

Displays the group memberships of all participating collections.

Cut/Copy Membership Rules

Copies the membership rules of a collection. This function can be used to copy or cut membership rules.

Paste Membership Rules

Inserts copied or cut membership rules into a selected collection.

View Content Status

Displays the content status of an application.

Properties

Displays all properties of an application and the properties of the associated objects. Double-clicking an object can also display the content of the corresponding WMI class.