Where Did The Apps Go In ConfigMgr 2012?

Finding out where your Apps may have disappeared to in ConfigMgr 2012.

(Content provided by my co-worker Mike Terrill via the Microsoft team blog)
There is a lot of confusion on where end users will see Deployments (aka Advertisements in ConfigMgr 2007) – the Application Catalog or Software Center. It depends on three different things – the object type (Application or Package), the collection resource that is targeted (users/groups or computers), and the type of deployment (required or available). The following chart from the System Center Configuration Manager Team blog – Introducing the Application Catalog and Software Center in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager summarizes this quite nicely:

Object type Collection resources Deployment Application Catalog Software Center
Application Users or groups Available deployment, does not require approval Yes After installation is initiated successfully from the Application Catalog
Users or groups Available deployment, requires approval Yes After the application is approved
Users or groups Required deployment No Yes
Computers Available or required deployment No Yes
Package and program Users or groups Available deployment Yes After installation is initiated successfully from the Application Catalog
Users or groups Required deployment No Yes
Computers Available or required deployment No Yes