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# New-BrokerApplicationGroup

Create a new application group to which applications can be added.

Syntax

New-BrokerApplicationGroup [-Name] <String> [-Description <String>] [-Enabled <Boolean>] [-RestrictToTag <String>] [-Scope <String[]>] [-SessionSharingEnabled <Boolean>] [-TenantId <Guid>] [-UserFilterEnabled <Boolean>] [-UUID <Guid>] [-LoggingId <Guid>] [-AdminAddress <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

The New-BrokerApplicationGroup cmdlet creates a new application group. Applications that are added to the application group can then be managed centrally by setting properties on the application group rather than on each application individually.

Application groups may also be used to isolate applications that should not share sessions with other applications. To do this, create an application group with SessionSharingEnabled equal to $false, and then add to it those applications that you wish to isolate. The isolated applications continue to share sessions with each other, but not with any other published applications.

To create a new application and add it to an application group, use New-BrokerApplication -ApplicationGroup. To add an existing application to an application group, use Add-BrokerApplication -ApplicationGroup.

After adding applications to an application group, you must then publish the application group to a desktop group before its applications can be launched. Use the Add-BrokerApplicationGroup cmdlet to do this.

To manipulate the user filter associated with an application group, use Add-BrokerUser -ApplicationGroup and Remove-BrokerUser -ApplicationGroup.

To manipulate the set of tags associated with an application group, use Add-BrokerTag -ApplicationGroup and Remove-BrokerTag -ApplicationGroup.

See about_Broker_Applications for more information.

Parameters

Name Description Required? Pipeline Input Default Value
Name A name for the application group. Not visible to end users. true true (ByPropertyName)
Description A description for the application group. Not visible to end users. false true (ByPropertyName) null
Enabled Whether the application group's applications can be launched by end users. false true (ByPropertyName) true
RestrictToTag Optional tag that may be used further to restrict which machines may be used for launching the application group's applications. A machine may be used by an application group if either the application group has no tag restriction or the application group does have a tag restriction and the machine is tagged with the same tag. false true (ByPropertyName) null
Scope Specifies the name of the delegated administration scope to which the application group should belong. false true (ByPropertyName) null
SessionSharingEnabled Whether the application group's applications can share sessions with applications that are not a member of this application group. false true (ByPropertyName) true
TenantId Specifies identity of tenant associated with application group. Must always be specified in multitenant sites, must not be specified otherwise. false true (ByPropertyName)
UserFilterEnabled Whether the application group's user filter is enabled or disabled. Where the user filter is enabled, the application is visible only to users who appear in the filter (either explicitly or by virtue of group membership). false true (ByPropertyName) false
UUID The UUID of the application group. If a UUID is not provided, then one will be generated automatically. false true (ByPropertyName) null
LoggingId Specifies the identifier of the high level operation that this cmdlet call forms a part of. Desktop Studio and Desktop Director typically create High Level Operations. PowerShell scripts can also wrap a series of cmdlet calls in a High Level Operation by way of the Start-LogHighLevelOperation and Stop-LogHighLevelOperation cmdlets. false false
AdminAddress Specifies the address of a XenDesktop controller that the PowerShell snapin will connect to. This can be provided as a host name or an IP address. false false Localhost. Once a value is provided by any cmdlet, this value will become the default.

Input Type

None

You cannot pipe input into this cmdlet.

Return Values

Citrix.Broker.Admin.SDK.ApplicationGroup

The newly created application group.

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

C:\PS> New-BrokerApplicationGroup "Helpdesk Apps"

Description
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Creates a new application group called 'Helpdesk Apps'.

EXAMPLE 2

C:\PS> New-BrokerApplicationGroup "Accounts Apps" -UserFilterEnabled $true
C:\PS> Add-BrokerUser "MYDOMAIN\Accounts" -ApplicationGroup "Accounts Apps"

Description
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Creates a new application group called 'Accounts Apps', and then restrict access so that only members of the MYDOMAIN\Accounts user group can launch applications in 'Accounts Apps'.