Application management in
Microsoft System Center 2012
Configuration Manager allows you to upgrade or replace
existing applications by using a supersedence relationship. When
you supersede an application, you can specify a new deployment type
to replace the deployment type of the superseded application and
also configure whether to upgrade or uninstall the superseded
application before the superseding application is installed.
When you supersede an application, this applies to all future
deployments and Application Catalog requests. This will not affect
the existing installations of the application.
 Important |
| When the option to uninstall the superseded deployment type is
selected, a deployment type cannot be superseded by a deployment
type that was deployed to a different collection type. For example,
a deployment type that was deployed to a device collection cannot
be superseded by a deployment type that was deployed to a user
collection if the option to uninstall the superseded deployment
type is collected. |
To specify a supersedence
relationship
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In the Configuration Manager console, click Software
Library.
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In the Software Library workspace, expand
Application Management, click Applications, and then
click the application that will supersede another application.
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On the Home tab, in the Properties group,
click Properties to open the <Application
Name>Properties dialog box.
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On the Supersedence tab of the
<Application Name>Properties dialog box, click
Add.
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In the Specify Supersedence Relationship dialog
box, click Browse.
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In the Choose Application dialog box, select the
application that you want to supersede and then click
OK.
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In the Specify Supersedence Relationship dialog
box, select the deployment type that will replace the deployment
type of the superseded application.
 Note |
| By default, the new deployment type will not uninstall the
deployment type of the superseded application. This scenario is
commonly used when you want to deploy an upgrade to an existing
application. Select Uninstall to remove the existing
deployment type before the new deployment type is installed. If you
decide to upgrade an application, make sure that you test this in a
lab environment first. |
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Click OK to close the Specify Supersedence
Relationship dialog box.
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Click OK to close the <Application
Name>Properties dialog box.
To display applications that
supersede the current application
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In the Configuration Manager console, click Software
Library.
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In the Software Library workspace, expand
Application Management, click Applications, and then
click the application that you want.
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On the Home tab, in the Properties group,
click Properties to open the <Application
Name>Properties dialog box.
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On the References tab of the <Application
Name>Properties dialog box, select Applications
that supersede this application from the Relationship
type drop-down list.
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Review the list of applications that supersede the
selected application, then click OK to close the
<Application Name>Properties dialog box.
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