Application groups

An application group is a collection of published applications. You can use application groups to assign applications published by application servers attached to the same domain controller to designated users, user groups, or OUs.

Create an application group

Before you create application groups, configure application servers as described in "Application servers."

From the left navigation pane, select Applications > Virtual Applications.
The Application Groups tab opens.
Click Create.
Configure the parameters, and then click OK.

Parameters

Name: Configure the application group name.
Desktop Type: Select the desktop type of the application group. Options include VDI and Physical Host. The application group whose desktop type is VDI can add only an application server whose desktop type is VDI. The application group whose desktop type is physical host can add only an application server whose desktop type is physical host.
Authentication User Type: Select the type of a user using virtual applications. Options include Local Users and Domain Users. Local users contain LDAP users and local users. The user type of the application group must be consistent with the authentication user type of the desktop pool of the selected application server.
Authentication Server: Select an authentication server to which the application group belongs. If the authentication user type is LDAP users, you can select an LDAP authentication server. If the authentication user type is domain users, you must select a Microsoft AD authentication server. Make sure that you have completed the authentication server configuration on the System > Auth Collaboration > Primary Auth > LDAP Auth page in advance. If you select an authentication server in an environment with multiple domain controller servers, you can publish applications for the application group only on the application server created based on the selected authentication server.
Description: Enter a description for the application group. This parameter is optional.

Edit an application group

From the left navigation pane, select A Applications > Virtual Applications.
The Application Groups tab opens.
Click Edit in the Actions column for the target application group.
Edit the application group name and description as needed.
Click OK.

Delete application groups

From the left navigation pane, select Applications > Virtual Applications.
The Application Groups tab opens.
Perform either of the following tasks:
- To delete multiple application groups, select the target application groups, and then click Delete above the application group list.
- To delete a single application group, click Delete in the Actions column for the application group.
In the dialog box that opens, click OK.

Publish applications

From the left navigation pane, select Applications > Virtual Applications.
The Application Groups tab opens.
Select an application group, and then click Publish Applications.

The user type of the application group must be consistent with the authentication user type of the desktop pool of the selected application server.
Select an application server and then select the applications you want to publish.
You can select application servers by host or by application server pool.
If Space Console fails to automatically obtain applications from the application server, perform the following tasks:
1. Click Add Apps.
2. Enter the application name, executable file path, and description (optional).
  The application name cannot be the same as any other applications in the application group. The executable file path must be exactly the same as that on the application server.
3. Click OK.

Click Next to verify applications. The system will automatically check whether the applications selected in the previous step conflict with published applications in the application group.

During verification, you can click Edit in the Actions column for an application, edit the name, command parameter, and description (optional) settings, and then click OK.

If an application name fails the verification, edit the application name before performing consequent operations.
The command parameter refers to the paths of the files and webpage addresses and shared paths that can be opened through the executable file path on the application server. With an application assigned, the user can open the files or webpages associated with the command parameter by clicking the application name link on the Virtual Applications page of the client.
The webpage addresses can only be accessed by using IE11 or a Google browser. As a best practice, use IE11.
The same application server cannot publish both IE11 virtual applications and webpage addresses accessed by using IE11.

After the application verification succeeds, click Next.

To associate file types for applications, click Associate File Types in the Actions column for the target application. Then, select target file types, and then click Save.

If you do not associate a file type during the application publication, click More in the Actions column for the target application after the publication is completed, and then select Associate File Types.
After a file type is associated, you can open the corresponding type of file by double-clicking the file on the endpoint, instead of right-clicking the selected file and using a virtual application to open it.
The file type association feature is available only on Windows 10 endpoints. Windows 7 and Linux endpoints do not support this feature.
If multiple virtual applications are associated with the same file type, these applications will be ordered by name. By default, the system uses the application file whose name is at the top in alphabetical order when you double-click a local file.
After the disk mapping is disabled, the system pops up the "Failed to find the file." message when you use virtual applications to open the file.

Click Next.
Preview the configuration and then click OK.

Associate file types

From the left navigation pane, select Applications > Virtual Applications.
The Application Groups tab opens.
Select an application group, click More in the Actions for an application in the Published Applications list, and select Associated File Types.
In the dialog box that opens, select target file types, and then click Save.

Republish an application

From the left navigation pane, select Applications > Virtual Applications.
The Application Groups tab opens.
Select an application group, click More in the Actions column for an application in the Published Applications list, and select Republish.
Select the type for republishing the application, edit the application name, executable file path, command parameter, and description settings as needed, and then click OK. For description of the parameters, see "Publish applications."

Cancel publishing applications

From the left navigation pane, select Applications > Virtual Applications.
The Application Groups tab opens.
Use one of the following methods to cancel publishing applications:
- To bulk cancel publishing applications, select an application group, and select the target applications in the Published Applications list. Then, click More, and select Cancel. In the dialog box that opens, click OK.
- To cancel publishing one application, select an application group, click More in the Actions column for the target application in the Published Applications list, and then select Cancel. In the dialog box that opens, click OK.

Edit permissions for an application

To edit permissions of an application:

From the left navigation pane, select Applications > Virtual Applications.
The Application Groups tab opens.
Use one of the following methods to edit permissions:
- To edit permissions of one application, select an application group, click Edit Permissions in the Actions column for the target application in the Published Applications list. In the dialog box that opens, edit, delete, or edit the permissions as needed, and then click OK.
- To bulk edit permissions of applications, select an application group, and select the target applications in the Published Applications list, and then click Edit Permissions. In the dialog box that opens, edit the authorized objects, and then click OK.
  Bulk editing permissions does not display information about authorized users. After editing, the authorized user information of the selected applications will be overwritten. Please perform this operation with caution.
On the Edit Permissions dialog box, select authorized objects, including users, user groups, and OUs. Click Delete in the Actions column for an object in the Select User list to disable the authorized object from using the applications in the application group.

If an application is authorized to a parent OU, the users in child OUs of the parent OU can also use the application.
Click Add Network Plan. In the dialog box that opens, select network plans, and then click OK. After you add network plans, the specified virtual applications can be used only when the IP address of the desktops for authorized users are within the address ranges in the network plans.
Click OK.

Unbind applications

From the left navigation pane, select Applications > Virtual Applications.
The Application Groups tab opens.
Select an application group, and then select one or more applications in the Published Applications list.
Click More, and then select Unbind.
In the dialog box that opens, click OK.

Delete an application

From the left navigation pane, select Applications > Virtual Applications.
The Application Groups tab opens.
Select an application group, click More in the Actions column for an application in the Published Applications list, and then select Delete.
In the dialog box that opens, click OK.

Enable or disable applications

Users cannot use an application after the application is disabled.

From the left navigation pane, select Applications > Virtual Applications.
The Application Groups tab opens.
Perform either of the following tasks:
- To bulk enable or disable applications, select an application group, and select the applications in the Published Applications list. Then, click More, and then click Enable or Disable.
- To enable or disable a single application, select an application group, click Enable or Disable in the Actions column for the application in the Published Applications list.