Deployment Templates for macOS in Patch My PC Cloud

Applies to: Patch My PC Cloud

When creating a new macOS deployment template in Patch My PC (PMPC) Cloud, as we do not know which Installer Type the deployment this template will be applied to, the Install App as Managed setting on the Configurations tab is enabled by default and can be configured.

Obviously, the same rules for creating macOS deployments apply to macOS templates; i.e., templates don’t have different logic rules than creating a deployment without a template.

Important

If you try applying a template to a deployment that is configured with incompatible settings for the selected Installer Type, the following Warning notification is shown:

Warning – Template ‘<template_name>’ only partially applied as some template settings are incompatible with the selected Installer Type.

Any incompatible settings are not applied. This could be because you applied the wrong template for the Installer Type in which case either:

• Apply the correct template.

• Switch the Installer Type and reapply the same template.

Tip

To avoid issues applying incompatible templates when creating deployments, consider creating one template for LOB apps with the appropriate settings and another for non-LOB apps, with clear names. Then, when you create a deployment, you can easily determine which template to apply based on the Installer Type of the deployment.