Application management in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012 allows you to upgrade or replace existing applications 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 When you supersede an application, you can specify a new deployment type to replace the deployment type of the superseded application and also configure whether to uninstall the superseded application.
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| When you supersede an application, this applies to all future deployments and Application Catalog requests. It will not affect current installations of the application. |
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 you want to 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 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Specify Supersedence Relationship dialog box, select the deployment type that will replace the deployment type of the superseded application.
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NoteBy default, the new deployment type will not uninstall the deployment type of the superseded application. This scenario will commonly be used when you want to upgrade an existing application. Select Uninstall to remove the existing deployment type before the new deployment type is installed. -
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 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 Select a relationship type to review 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.