Installing Application Catalog Web Site Roles

Installing Application Catalog Web Site Roles

The Application Catalog and Software Center

In SCCM 2012 Application Catalog is a website where users can browse for and request software. To use the Application Catalog, Application Catalog web service point and the Application Catalog website point are the two role needed to be installed for the site.

Software Center is an application that is installed when SCCM 2012 client is installed on Windows-based computers. Users run this application to request software and manage the software that is deployed to them by using Configuration Manager.  The Application Catalog is the user’s gateway to the available applications that user’s  can install while Software Center helps the user track the status of available and required software, and lets users configure various options, such as their business hours to prevent their computer from restarting during their working day.
Software Center lets users do the following:

•           Browse for and install software from the Application Catalog.
•       View their software request history.
•             Configure when Configuration Manager can install software on their devices.
•       Configure access settings for remote control, if an administrative user enabled remote control.

Adding the Application Catalog Web Site Roles

 In Administration, click on Servers and Site System Roles and right click on our Site Server, choose Add Site System Roles. 

Provide the SCCM site server name and click next at the wizard general screen

Select both of the Application Catalog roles

·         Application catalog web service point

·         Application catalog website point

Confirm your Application Catalog Web service point selections.  Although it takes its default web site and web application name as CMApplicationCatalogSVC.

And the Application Catalog Website Point settings should be

 Provide Organization name and pick a Colour scheme for the Application Catalog  J

In the summery screen we can even go through the information provided

click next through the summary and progress screens, verify everything at the completion screen.

We can even track and check the installation status from SMSPORTAL WEBSetup.log

In the log entry search for portlweb.msi exited with return code: 0 which resembles to successful installation