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title: How to Allow Only Administrators to Enable Connection Groups
description: How to Allow Only Administrators to Enable Connection Groups
author: jamiejdt
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ms.pagetype: mdop, appcompat, virtualization
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ms.date: 06/16/2016
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# How to Allow Only Administrators to Enable Connection Groups


You can configure the App-V client so that only administrators (not end users) can enable or disable connection groups. In earlier versions of App-V, you could not prevent end users from performing these tasks.

**Note**  
**This feature is supported starting in App-V 5.0 SP3.**

 

Use one of the following methods to allow only administrators to enable or disable connection groups.

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<td align="left"><p>Group Policy setting</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>Enable the “Require publish as administrator” Group Policy setting, which is located in the following Group Policy Object node:</p>
<p><strong>Computer Configuration &gt; Policies &gt; Administrative Templates &gt; System &gt; App-V &gt; Publishing</strong></p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>PowerShell cmdlet</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>Run the <strong>Set-AppvClientConfiguration</strong> cmdlet with the <strong>–RequirePublishAsAdmin</strong> parameter.</p>
<p>Parameter values:</p>
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<li><p>0 - False</p></li>
<li><p>1 - True</p></li>
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<p><strong>Example:</strong>: Set-AppvClientConfiguration –RequirePublishAsAdmin1</p></td>
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## Related topics


[Managing Connection Groups](managing-connection-groups.md)