You can assign an Application to a single entity or multiple entities.
- If you select the assignment type as
Marker
and the Application package is not yet marked CURRENT
, the Application is assigned to the entity and the assignment type is disabled until a package is marked CURRENT
.For information about assignment types, see Understanding Assignment Types.
- In an Application, a Package set with the
CURRENT
marker can be assigned to multiple entities.
- By using the option of limiting delivery of assignments to specific computers, entities can have different application assignments on different computers.
For more information about this option, see Application Assignment to Specific Computers.
Prerequisites
- Ensure that the status of the entity, to which the Application must be assigned, is
Available
.
- For the Assignment Type,
Package
, an Application must have at least one Package.
- If you are assigning an MSIX app attach format to an entity, ensure that the certificate which was used while packaging the MSIX is installed on the machine where App Volumes agent is installed.
Procedure
- From App Volumes Manager, go to .
- Select the Application to which needs to be assigned to an entity.
- Click Assign.
- Search the Active Directory for an entity.
- Select the entity.
The
Status of the entity must be
Available
.
- Select Assignment Type.
Option |
Action |
Marker |
- If the Application has no Package or if the Package is not yet set with
CURRENT marker, Application is assigned to the entity and the assignment type is disabled until a package is marked CURRENT .
- If the Package has the
CURRENT marker, entity receives the CURRENT Package version.
Select Marker. |
Package |
Select the package that must be assigned to the entity. |
- (Optional) To only allow attachment of packages to a specific set of computers based on the computer's name, select Limit delivery for these assignments.
- This option is available only for non-computer entities (
Users
, Groups
, and OUs
).
- Enter the prefix of the computer name.
Packages are only attached to computers whose names start with the prefix specified in the text box.
- Click Assign.
- On the Confirm Assign window, click Assign.
Results
On the
Applications page, assignment details are updated.