If any of your packages are just simple MSI installs, those are potentially low hanging fruit for using the application model. There is also the package conversion manager feature pack that can be installed: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh531519.aspx
The hardest part sometimes is the detection rules - determining how best to detect the software you are installing. It also depends on how complex the packages are as well. Jeff On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Linkey, Mike <[email protected]>wrote: > Ah crap....Ok. Guess need to start figuring out how to get all of these > packages as applications then. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jeff Poling > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 11, 2014 9:03 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [mssms] Can you publish a Package in SCCM 2012 to the > software catalog? > > > > Approval is only availble for the new application model in 2012. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jeff > > > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 7:40 AM, Linkey, Mike <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Cool. One last question as I am messing with this. Can you have a > package require approval? It appears that you can't do that as the option > is greyed out. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jeff Poling > *Sent:* Monday, February 10, 2014 2:43 PM > > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [mssms] Can you publish a Package in SCCM 2012 to the > software catalog? > > > > The context it runs in is a function of how the program is configured (The > environment tab on the program that is part of your package). > > > > Jeff > > > > On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Linkey, Mike <[email protected]> > wrote: > > We that explains a little bit. > > > > Second question from this one is will it install as the user or the system > context? > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ryan > *Sent:* Monday, February 10, 2014 2:21 PM > > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [mssms] Can you publish a Package in SCCM 2012 to the > software catalog? > > > > Just deploy it to a user collection. > > > > On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Linkey, Mike <[email protected]> > wrote: > > How do you setup a package to appear there? I am striking out on that one. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ryan > *Sent:* Monday, February 10, 2014 11:59 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [mssms] Can you publish a Package in SCCM 2012 to the > software catalog? > > > > Yes, but it is a little messy. I don't believe you can specify the name > the user sees. It is always: > > Package Name Program Name > > > > So if you have a package called 7-Zip and it's program is called 7-Zip, > the name in the catalog will be: 7-Zip 7-Zip > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 10:43 AM, Brian McDonald <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Not an application, but a package? > > > > Brian > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
