This required step adds to the connection group the package entitlements that you configured earlier when you assigned packages to Active Directory groups. Select the ADD PACKAGE ACCESS TO GROUP ACCESS check box. Select Optional next to the package name. Select the correct connection group from the Connection Groups library.Ĭlick EDIT in the CONNECTED PACKAGES pane. Select CONNECTION GROUPS to display the Connection Groups library. In the Management Console, select PACKAGES to open the PACKAGES page. To do this, create a connection group that contains a package with Office, and another package with Office plug-ins, and then make the plug-ins package optional.Įnd users who are not entitled to the plug-in package will still be able to run Office. You can add optional packages to connection groups, which enables you to provide different combinations of applications and plug-ins to different end users.Įxample: You want to distribute Microsoft Office to your end users, but enable a certain plug-in for only a subset of users. Use one connection group, with optional packages, for multiple users with different packages entitled to them Task description You can also unpublish the optional package and republish it later without having to disable or republish the connection group. Unpublish, delete, or republish an optional package without having to disable, remove, edit, add, and re-enable the connection group on the App-V Client. Unpublish or delete an optional package, or unpublish an optional package and republish it later, without changing the connection group Use a single connection group to make different groups of applications and plug-ins available to different end users.įor example, you want to distribute Microsoft Office to all end users, but distribute different plug-ins to different subsets of users. Use one connection group, with optional packages, for multiple users who have different packages entitled to them Note Optional packages are supported only in App-V 5.0 SP3.īefore using optional packages, see Requirements for using optional packages in connection groups. The following table summarizes the tasks that you can complete more easily by using optional packages, and provides links to instructions for each task.
Starting in Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 5.0 SP3, you can add optional packages to your connection groups to simplify connection group management.