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The Application Center console

With the Application Center console, we can manage the repository of the Application Center and your applications.

The Application Center console is a web application to manage the repository of the Application Center. The Application Center repository is the central location where you store the mobile applications that can be installed on mobile devices.

Use the Application Center console to:

• Upload applications that are written for these operating systems: Android, iOS, Windows 8 (Windows Store packages only), or Windows Phone 8.
• Manage several different versions of mobile applications.
• Review the feedback of testers of mobile applications.
• Define the users who have the rights to list and install an application on the mobile devices.
• Track which applications are installed on which devices.

Note:

Only users with the administrator role can log in to the Application Center console.

Multicultural support: the user interface of the Application Center console has not been translated.

• Starting the Application Center console
  We can start the Application Center with your web browser and log in if you have the administrator role.
• Troubleshooting a corrupted login page (Apache Tomcat)
  We can recover from a corrupted login page of the Application Center console when the Application Center is running in Apache Tomcat.
• Troubleshooting a corrupted login page in Safari browsers
  We can recover from a corrupted login page of the Application Center console when we use the Safari browser.
• Application Management
  We can use Application Management to add new applications and versions and to manage those applications.
• Add a mobile application
  We can add applications to the repository on the server by using the Application Center console. These applications can then be installed on mobile devices by using the mobile client.
• Add an application from a public app store
  Application Center supports adding to the catalog applications that are stored in third-party application stores, such as Google play or Apple iTunes.
• Application properties
  Applications have their own sets of properties, which depend on the operating system on the mobile device and cannot be edited. Applications also have a common property and editable properties.
• Editing application properties
  We can edit the properties of an application in the list of uploaded applications.
• Upgrading a mobile application in MobileFirst Server and the Application Center
  We can easily upgrade deployed mobile applications by using a combination of MobileFirst Operations Console and the Application Center.
• Downloading an application file
  We can download the file of an application registered in the Application Center.
• Viewing application reviews
  In the Application Center console, we can see reviews about mobile application versions sent by users.
• User and group management
  We can use users and groups to define who has access to some features of the Application Center, such as installing applications on mobile devices.
• Access control
  We can decide whether installation of an application on mobile devices is open to any users or whether we want to restrict the ability to install an application.
• Managing access control
  We can add or remove access for users or groups to install an application on mobile devices.
• Device Management
  We can see the devices that connected to the Application Center from the Application Center mobile client and their properties.
• Application enrollment tokens in Windows 8 Universal
  The Windows 8 Universal operating system requires users to enroll each device with the company before users can install company applications on their devices. One way to enroll devices is by using an application enrollment token.
• Signing out of the Application Center console
  For security purposes, we must sign out of the console when you have finished your administrative tasks.

Parent topic: Application Center