1 Which interface should I use?
Applications are found under the Applications menu button.
| Interface | Use it when |
|---|---|
| Application Wizard | You create one application in five steps: Template, Source, Files and Naming, Detection and Overview. It creates the application, the collections and deployments, and distributes the content. |
| Create Application | You are in Application Management. The Create tile opens a Create New panel, and Create Application there opens the same five-step wizard in a window. There is no separate Create Application page any more. |
| Create Multiple Applications | You create many applications at the same time from source folders or XML files. |
The Create New panel can also offer Create Win32 App (an Intune application) and Create Patch Flow. Which choices you see depends on your security role and your licence; see the Application Manager guide for those.
2 Best practice
- Use an Application Template so every application gets the same distribution points, deployment settings and Package Security Groups.
- Keep one source folder per application on the package share, with the installer files together, so the wizard can suggest the files and name.
- Use Create Multiple Applications for batches of similar applications, and the wizard when you want to check every setting.
- After creating, make advanced changes in Application Management.