windows-itpro-docs/windows/application-management/app-v/appv-allow-administrators-to-enable-connection-groups.md

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Only Allow Admins to Enable Connection Groups (Windows 10/11)	Configure the App-V client so that only administrators, not users, can enable or disable connection groups.	greg-lindsay	mdop, appcompat, virtualization	deploy	library	w10	06/08/2018		dansimp	greglin	article

How to allow only administrators to enable connection groups

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You can configure the App-V client so that only administrators, not users, can enable or disable connection groups. In earlier versions of App-V, there was no way to restrict access to disabling connection groups to users.

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.

Method	Steps
Group Policy setting	Enable the “Require publish as administrator” Group Policy setting, which is located in the following Group Policy Object node: Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > App-V > Publishing
Windows PowerShell cmdlet	Run the Set-AppvClientConfiguration cmdlet with the -RequirePublishAsAdmin parameter. Parameter values: - 0 – False - 1 – True Example: Set-AppvClientConfiguration -RequirePublishAsAdmin 1

Related topics

• Managing Connection Groups