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I have set an application as available for end users to install via software center. It was sent out to all systems at our company using a system collection. However, for some users, we don’t want them to wait and I’d like to send it as required to a separate user collection. Ideally, they get it installed in the background and I wouldn’t need to turn off the available deployment showing in software center on all other systems. Would this work like I want? If I target a user collection as required, does that override the optional available app in software center and install automatically? If installed as required, would the ‘available’ app disappear from software center on that person’s PC who has it installed as required? Thanks!
Yes that will work fine. It would ultimately still be available for uninstall if you have that option enabled.
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Thanks Garth. Is it an issue if the available app is set to a system collection but then the required is sent to a user collection?
This should not be an issue.
Sorry, I should of been more specific. I'd like to exclude the user collection (set as required) from the device collection (made available). I went to the device collection to try and add the user collection as 'Exclude Collection.' However when doing this, it's not showing any user collections to exclude, just device collections. Perhaps what I'd like isn't possible then?
Why do you want to excluded them? e.g. why do you care once the app is installed?
Ahh, good point. I don't care after the app is installed. Just that this is the first time we have a mix of required to users (~500) and available to pcs (~5200) for the same software and I wasn't sure if we do it this way it would cause issues? Or no, required will always install no matter what even if the users pc still shows it as available in software center?
I could have sworn I posted this already, Why excluded the devices from a collections. e.g. what does it matter if it exists in both?
@Garth Jones yea, that is weird. I posted my above reply and it didn't show for some time. Hopefully you can see my last post with more information. Thanks again.
Hi, @Courtney Regan Thank you for posting in Microsoft Q&A forum. You have a mix of required to users (~500) and available to pcs (~5200) for the same software, it will not cause any issue. And yes, required will always install no matter what even if the users pc still shows it as available in software center.
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