Starting with ConfigMgr 2012, when application management was introduced, administrators could use many new features dedicated to application deployment.
Application management features include the following:
- Requirements: Checking before the installation whether requirements were met
- Global conditions: Checking before the installation whether the required global conditions were met
- Detection methods: Checking whether the application has already been installed on the computer
- Supersedence: The ability to automatically replace one application with another
- Deployment action and purpose: The ability to install or uninstall an application, as well as set whether a particular deployment is mandatory or not
- State-based deployment: The ability to re-install the required application if it is uninstalled by the user
- User device affinity: Installing...
