Managing Applications and Application Catalog Databases
AdminStudio 2025 | 29.0 | Application Manager
Application Manager is included with AdminStudio Professional and Enterprise Editions.
The Application Catalog serves as the central repository for applications in all formats. You use Application Manager to manage your applications and their deployment types in the Application Catalog. Tasks you perform to manage your Application Catalog include importing applications and packages, setting up automatic package import, organizing packages into groups, viewing and editing application and package data, and viewing reports on Application Catalog data.
Information about using Application Manager is organized into the following sections:
| Section | Description |
|---|---|
| About the AdminStudio Host Process | Describes the AdminStudio Host Process, which is where most of Application Manager’s core functionality resides. |
| Managing Application Catalogs | Explains how to create, connect to, search for, organize, view information about, and delete packages from an Application Catalog. |
| Importing Applications | Explains how to import the following deployment types into the Application Catalog: Windows Installer packages (.msi) with any associated transforms (.mst) or patches (.msp) Applications and packages from ConfigMgr (Formerly called as System Center Configuration Manager) Microsoft UWP app packages (.appx), which is the packaging format used to distribute and install apps on Windows 8.x and 10, and is the only format allowed for Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps Virtual applications in Microsoft App-V, Citrix XenApp, VMware ThinApp Mobile apps in Apple iOS, Google Android, and Windows Store formats macOS desktop applications in .dmg, .pkg, and Apple Mac App Store app formats Installation packages (.exe), both legacy installers and complex installer executables that may contain bundled packages PowerShell wrapped package (.ps1) files, which contain bundled packages Package Feed Module Microsoft MSIX package (.msix) Merge modules (.msm) OS snapshots (.osc) |
| Monitored Directory for Package Automation | Describes how to configure and execute the Monitored Directory for Package Automation. |
| Identifying Vendor Command Line Arguments | Describes the command line switches for a software package which imports into the catalog and also wrap the package along with the command line switches in one single wizard. |
| Viewing Application Testing and Analysis Reports on the Reports Tab | Describes the available Application Catalog reports that are displayed on the Reports tab, and explains how to create your own custom reports. |
| Managing ConfigMgr Application Model Data | Describes how to view metadata for applications in Application Manager. |
| Managing macOS Desktop Application Metadata | Describes how to view extracted metadata for macOS desktop applications. |
| Managing Mobile App Metadata | Explains how to view extracted mobile app data, how to manage iOS Enterprise Policy Configuration files, and how to view mobile app reports. |
| Managing App Portal Application Information | Describes how to view and edit the information used when an application is added to the App Portal catalog: title, descriptions, categories, template, and keywords. |
| Enabling Application Extended Attributes | Explains how to record custom data for applications by defining custom extended attributes, and displaying those attributes on a new Extended Attributes tab of the Application View . |
| Managing ConfigMgr (Formerly called as System Center Configuration Manager) Package Deployment Data | Describes how to view and edit data related to the deployment of packages to Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and later. |
| Managing App-V Package Deployment Data | Describes how to view and edit data related to the deployment of App‑V 5.0 packages. |
| Managing Casper Package Deployment Data | Describes how to view and edit data related to the deployment of macOS packages to JAMF Casper Server. |
| Managing Citrix XenApp Package Deployment Data | Describes how to view and edit data related to the deployment of packages to Citrix XenApp Server. |
| Managing Altiris Package Deployment Data | Describes how to view and edit data related to the deployment of packages to Symantec Altiris Server. |
| Managing Workspace ONE Package Deployment Data | Describes how to view and edit data related to the deployment of packages to Workspace ONE Server. |
| Managing App-V Virtual Environments | Explains how to create App-V virtual environments for App-V 5.0 packages for both Microsoft App‑V Servers and Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Servers. |
| Viewing Additional Package Data | Describes how to view and edit package metadata for Windows Installer and App‑V packages in Application Manager. |
| Creating, Importing, and Managing PowerShell-Wrapped Packages | Details AdminStudio’s support for PowerShell-wrapped packages. |
| Using the Conversion Wizard to Perform Virtualization or Repackaging | Explains how to upgrade an App-V 4.6 package in your Application Catalog to App-V 5.0 format. Also explains how to use the Conversion Wizard to perform conversion of Windows Installer or legacy packages to specified virtual formats or to perform repackaging. |
| Using Test on Virtual Machine Wizard | Explains how to use this wizard to quickly launch a specified virtual machine and install a selected Windows Installer ( \.msi ) package, App-V package ( \.appv ), PowerShell-wrapped ( \.ps1 ) package, or installation executable ( \.exe ) package (both legacy installers and complex installation executables) for testing. |
| Software Repository Integration into Other AdminStudio Tools | Explains how to manage a software package’s associated installation files using the Software Repository. |
| Taking OS Snapshots | Explains how to create OS Snapshots using the OS Snapshot Wizard. |
| Reference | Describes the Application Manager interface, and the views, wizards and dialog boxes related to managing Application Catalog databases. |