Application Management

Scenario

You can configure tenant application management rules on the Workspace console to manage applications in a unified manner.

Before using application management, you need to contact O&M personnel to check whether the basic components of your desktops have been upgraded to a version that supports application management.

Prerequisites

Identification conditions for a product information rule have been created.

Obtaining the process name

1. The administrator runs the applications to be managed on the application server.
2. Right-click , choose Run, run taskmgr, and press Enter to open the task manager.
3. In the Task Manager window, click the Details tab and find the name of the application process to be managed, as shown in Figure 1.
   Figure 1 Process name
   

Obtaining the product name

4. The administrator accesses the installation location of the application to be managed on the application server.
5. Right-click the program, for example, xxx.exe. Choose Properties from the shortcut menu. The Application Properties page is displayed.
6. Click the Details tab to view the product name, as shown in Figure 2.
   Figure 2 Product name
   

Obtaining the publisher name

7. The administrator accesses the installation location of the application to be managed on the application server.
8. Right-click the program, for example, xxx.exe. Choose Properties from the shortcut menu. The Application Properties page is displayed.
9. Click Digital Signatures, select a signature from the signature list, and click Details, as shown in Figure 3.
   Figure 3 Digital signature
   

10. On the displayed page of digital signature details, click View Certificate. The Certificate page is displayed.
11. On the Certificate page, click Details. On the displayed page, the value of the field Subject is the publisher name, as shown in Figure 4.
    Figure 4 Subject information
    

Procedure

1. Log in to the Workspace console.
2. In the navigation pane, choose App Center > App Management.

   The App Management page is displayed.

Creating a path rule

3. On the App Rule Library page, click Create Path Rule. The Create Path Rule page is displayed.
   • Rule Name: The name can contain 1 to 64 characters (spaces included), but cannot contain only spaces.
   • Rule Description: The description can contain up to 128 characters (spaces included), but cannot contain only spaces.
   • Rule Path: Enter a complete application installation directory, for example, C\App Center\App Management\Browser.

4. Click OK.

Creating a product information rule

5. On the App Rule Library page, click Create Product Information Rule. The Create Product Information Rule page is displayed.
   • Rule Name: The name can contain 1 to 64 characters (spaces included), but cannot contain only spaces.
   • Rule Description: The description can contain up to 128 characters (spaces included), but cannot contain only spaces.
   • Identified By
     • Process name: name of an application process
     • Product name: name of a service product
     • Publisher name: name of an application publisher
     

     * indicates full match. If all identification conditions are *, the rule cannot be created.

6. Click OK.

Editing a path rule

7. Click Edit in the Operation column of the row that contains the desired path rule. The Modify Path Rule page is displayed.
8. You can modify the rule name, rule description, and rule path.
9. Click OK.

Editing a product information rule

10. Click Edit in the Operation column of the row that contains the desired product information rule. The Modify Product Information Rule page is displayed.
11. You can modify the rule name, rule description, and identification conditions as required.
12. Click OK.

Deleting a rule

13. On the top navigation bar, click App Rule Library.
14. Delete the created rule as required.
    • To delete a single application rule, click Delete in the Operation column of the application rule to be deleted. In the displayed dialog box, click OK.
    • To delete rules in batches, select the application rules to be deleted and click Batch Delete. In the displayed dialog box, click OK.

Application management: Adding an application rule

15. On the top navigation bar, click App Management.
    • App Management:
      • : Disabled
      • : Enabled
        

        Blacklist policy rules:

        1. When a desktop user opens a blacklisted app, the app will not run.

        2. The policy cannot take effect on running processes.

        3. The policy takes effect after 5 minutes.

    • App Management Mode: Do not run apps in the list

16. Click Add App Rule. The Add App Rule dialog box is displayed.
17. Search for and select the application rule to be added based on the rule name, and click OK.

Application management: Deleting an application rule

18. On the top navigation bar, click App Management.
19. Delete the added application rule as required.
    • To delete a single application rule, click Delete in the Operation column of the application rule to be deleted. In the displayed dialog box, click OK.
    • To delete rules in batches, select the application rules to be deleted and click Batch Delete. In the displayed dialog box, click OK.