Shopping Admin Console

You configure Shopping to provide applications that can be requested from the Shopping Web portal. When you have installed Shopping, you can do the following:

  1. Set up Configuration Manager sites. Refer to Setting up Configuration Manager sites.

  2. Nominate approvers and deputy approvers. Refer to Approvers.

  3. Define user and computer categories to determine who gets to see what applications, and how approvals will work. Refer to User and computer categories.

  4. Create and manage applications like general applications, mobile specific applications, Configuration Manager applications, and OS deployments. Refer to Applications.

  5. Configure access privileges for additional Shopping administrators. Refer to Node Security.

In addition, using the Shopping Admin Console you might want to do the following:

  • Adjust Shopping Admin Console settings.

  • Review the Event Log node to audit Shopping administration activities.

  • Use the Check for Program-Package applications that can be converted to Machine Centric AppModel applications button.

  • Use the Trigger OS Filtering Sync button at the top of the console to retrieve operating system compatibility information from Configuration Manager. Refer to OS filtering for more details.

  • Use the Trigger Users and Machines AD Sync button to discover users or devices recent added to Active Directory. An automatic synchronization does this every 24 hours by default.

  • Use the Trigger User and Device Intune Sync button to discover users or devices recently added to Intune. An automatic synchronization does this every 24 hours.

  • Use the Application Mapping Migration Wizard button to manage details related to application migration.

These buttons are enabled for the user or group that is specified as the Admin Account in the System group of the Settings node in the Shopping console.

For a full list of all Shopping Admin Console settings and their descriptions, refer to Shopping Admin Console settings.