Priority Followed in Assigning Application Packages Based on Entity Types

When assigning an Omnissa App Volumes application's packages to multiple entity types, a certain priority is followed that determines what entity type receives which package.

The entity types are as follows: Users, Computers, Groups, and OU (Organizational Units).

If you have assigned multiple packages of an application to multiple entity types, then the assignment resolution has the following priority:

• Direct assignment to the entity types Users and Computers has more priority than an assignment to the entity types Groups and OU (Organizational Units).
• Assignment to Groups has more priority than an assignment to OU (Organization Unit).

Note: If the entity type Users or Computers is a member of multiple Groups or OUs and the same application package is assigned to those multiple Groups or OUs, then the priority of assignment resolution might not follow the priority as mentioned previously. Only the priorities within one Groups or OU are assured, but attachments from assignments of the other groups or OUs might be mixed in that ordering.

In the examples that are listed here, John is of entity type Users who belongs to Engineering which is of entity type Groups. This group belongs to an OU, Employees. win_machine belongs to entity type, Computers. An application has multiple package versions such as package_1, package_2, package_3, and so on. None of these packages are marked CURRENT:

• An administrator assigns package_1 to John and package_2 to Engineering.

  When John logs into win_machine, John receives package_1 because assignment to Users has more priority than the assignment to Groups.

• win_machine belongs to the group Engineering. An administrator assigns package_4 to win_machine and package_2 to Engineering.

  When John logs into win_machine, John receives package_4 because assignment to Computers has more priority than the assignment to Groups.

• An administrator assigns package_2 to Engineering and package_3 to Employees.

  When John logs into win_machine, John receives package_2 because assignment to Groups has more priority than the assignment to OU.

• An administrator assigns package_1 to John and package_4 to win_machine.

  In this case, to understand what application package John receives, see Selective Scenarios of Volume Types Delivered.