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How do I create Application Rules in App-Centre? | v8+

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The creation of an Application Rule is a very simple process, it is just a matter of defining the approval steps and then defining what devices/users are pertinent to the rule. To create an Application Rule:

  • Navigate to App Centre > Application Rules and click New

  • Give the rule a friendly name and enter a description

  • Now you need to decide on what steps you want the approval process to go through. The options are:

    • Manager - This will be the requesters manager as defined within Active Directory

    • Approver Group - A pre-created list of Active Directory users within CMP

    • Active Directory Group

    • Single User

In the example below we have chosen the following:

  • Active Directory Manager

  • An existing Approver Group (Security Approvers)

This means that only the requesters Active Directory Manager or a member of 'Security Approvers' have permissions to approve the request.

  • Once you have created all the necessary approval steps, head to the Criteria section

  • This section will be very familiar to you as a CMP user, simply set out which users/devices this rule applies too

  • Click Save

In the example below we have chosen the following:

[Group Membership].[Name] = Consultants

This means once the new Application Rule is applied to an Application, only members of the AD group 'Consultants' will see the Application within App-Centre.

You can also restrict visibility of Applications by username, computer name, Active Directory OU or by any values available within the Query Builder.  We would recommend clicking the preview button to ensure the Application Rule is targeting the correct users / systems.

Please note: If you would like an application to be available for all users without approval there is no need to create / apply an Application Rule.  However if you would like to limit an application to specific users (without requiring approval) an Application Rule will still be required.

Once done, this means that when a user requests the selected application, App-Centre will automatically begin the approval steps. Only when all these steps have been completed will the application be downloaded to the users machine.

The last thing you need to do is define which published application is going to require this application rule, as follows:

  • Navigate to App-Centre > Applications

  • Find the appropriate application in the grid-view

  • Double-click to bring up the properties dialog box

  • Select the Rules section

  • Click Add Rule

  • Select your newly created rule from the drop-down list

  • Click Save

Creating an Approver Group

As stated above, an Approver Group is essentially a list of Active Directory users created within CMP. The purpose of this is to give App-Centre a wide range of employees to which it can request approval from. To create an Approver Group, please:

  • Navigate to App-Centre > Approver Groups

  • Click New

  • Give the group a name

  • Click Save

  • Right Click the newly created group > Actions > Add to Group

  • Select one or multiple users from the data-grid

  • Click OK.