
AdminStudio 2013 Release Notes ADM-2013-RN5 25
Release Notes
Support for App-V Virtual Environments in System Center Configuration
Manager
In AdminStudio 2013, you can create App-V virtual environments for App-V 5.0 packages. App-V virtual
environments in Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager enable deployed virtual
applications to share the same file system and registry on client computers. This means that, unlike
standard virtual applications, these applications can share data with each other.
Tip • Using virtual environments to group dependent packages together in App-V 5.0 is similar to the
Dynamic Suite Composition feature used with App-V 4.x packages.
In AdminStudio 2013, you can create an App-V virtual environment by clicking the App-V Virtual
Environment button in the Catalog tab ribbon:
Figure 16: App-V Virtual Environment Button
The App-V Virtual Environments dialog box opens, listing all existing App-V virtual environments. You
are then prompted to specify a name for the virtual environment and then to add a group (or groups) of
App-V 5.0 packages in the Application Catalog to include in the virtual environment. You can also
specify the priority order of the App-V 5.0 packages in the group when they are installed in the same
virtual environment. When multiple virtual applications modify the same file system or registry values on
a client computer, the application with the highest order will take precedence.
Support for Retiring or Reinstating an Application
You can retire or reinstate an application in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager by changing its
Status property on the Deployment Status tab of the Application Manager Application View, without
even being required to republish the application. The Status property has two values:
• Retire—Select this option to make this application unavailable for distribution by System Center
2012 Configuration Manager.
• Active—Select this option to reinstate this application, making a formerly retired application once
again available for distribution by System Center 2012 Configuration Manager.
When you retire an application, it is no longer available for deployment but the application and any
deployments of the application are not deleted. Existing copies of this application that have been
installed on client computers will not be removed. If an application that has no deployments is retired, it
will be deleted from the Configuration Manager console after 60 days. However, any installed copies of
the application are not removed.
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