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title: How to Publish a Package by Using the Management Console
description: How to Publish a Package by Using the Management Console
author: jamiejdt
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ms.date: 06/16/2016
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# How to Publish a Package by Using the Management Console


Use the following procedure to publish an App-V 5.1 package. Once you publish a package, computers that are running the App-V 5.1 client can access and run the applications in that package.

**Note**  
The ability to enable only administrators to publish or unpublish packages (described below) is supported starting in App-V 5.0 SP3.

 

**To publish an App-V 5.1 package**

1.  In the App-V 5.1 Management console. Click or right-click the name of the package to be published. Select **Publish**.

2.  Review the **Status** column to verify that the package has been published and is now available. If the package is available, the status **published** is displayed.

    If the package is not published successfully, the status **unpublished** is displayed, along with error text that explains why the package is not available.

**To enable only administrators to publish or unpublish packages**

1.  Navigate to the following Group Policy Object node:

    **Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > System > App-V > Publishing**.

2.  Enable the **Require publish as administrator** Group Policy setting.

    To alternatively use PowerShell to set this item, see [How to Manage App-V 5.1 Packages Running on a Stand-Alone Computer by Using PowerShell](how-to-manage-app-v-51-packages-running-on-a-stand-alone-computer-by-using-powershell.md#bkmk-admins-pub-pkgs).

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## Related topics


[Operations for App-V 5.1](operations-for-app-v-51.md)

[How to Configure Access to Packages by Using the Management Console](how-to-configure-access-to-packages-by-using-the-management-console-51.md)