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 |
