How to enable only administrators to publish packages by using an ESD

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Applies to:

  • Windows 10
  • Windows 11

Starting in App-V 5.0 SP3, you can configure the App-V client so that only administrators (not end users) can publish or unpublish packages. In earlier versions of App-V, you couldn't prevent end users from performing these tasks.

Here's how to enable only administrators to publish or unpublish packages:

  1. Navigate to the following Group Policy Object node:

    Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > App-V > Publishing.

  2. Enable the Require publish as administrator Group Policy setting.

    To instead use Windows PowerShell to set this item, see Understanding pending packages: UserPending and GlobalPending.