Storefront/Receiver: subscribe Apps for the User

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Hi there

It should not be unknown anymore, but this article stay a long time in my drafts. In my courses I often be asked for a possibility to subscribe Apps for the user within Storefront.
This issue can be solved with some various ways:

“Magic” Keywords:

Since the start of Storefront can a feature called Keywords be used to modify the experience of Apps and Delivery Groups within Receiver/Receiver for Web. To subscribe apps for the user there’re following Keywords:

Keywords: Auto – the application is subscript for the user, but it can be removed

Keywords: Mandatory – the application is subscript for the user and cannot be removed

Keywords: Featured – the application will not be subscript, but it is shown with in the Featured Apps (Favourites) so it can be easy found.

XD-SF-Keywords
Two examples (Auto und Mandatory). Further more it is visible, that more than one Keyword can be used, separated by a space.

Disable User Subscription

Since Storefront 2.6 you can disable this User Subscription completely. After this the experience is like the good old times of Webinterface – the user can directly work with all application to which he has access.

XD-SF-DisableUserSubscriptions

Personally I would prefer the use of Keywords. An IT department can be sure, that the relevant (Business-)applications are directly available for the user. Rare used apps can be subscript by the user on demand.

Weitere Informationen: http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/receiver-windows-42/receiver-windows-configure-app-delivery-wrapper.html

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ab Storefront 2.x