Unified Application Management Solutions
A more connected approach to application management
Getting software installed is only the beginning. Across physical, cloud, and virtual endpoints, IT teams must package applications, deliver the right versions to users, keep software current, respond to vulnerabilities, and understand what’s working and what’s not. When those responsibilities are spread across different tools and workflows, manual effort grows and application experiences become harder to manage consistently.
Recast connects these capabilities so IT teams can manage the work surrounding applications without treating every task as an isolated project.
Core application management capabilities
Package applications
for reliable deployment
Deliver applications
through self-service catalogs or targeted deployment
Deploy applications
across physical, virtual, and cloud environments
Manage versions
and reduce application drift
Update applications
through controlled deployment processes
Patch applications
to address third-party vulnerabilities
Manage application access
based on users, devices, and business needs
Gain visibility
into application deployments, versions, availability, and installation status across the endpoint environment
Two powerful options for application management
Right Click Tools Patching
Automate third-party patching inside Intune and Configuration Manager with a catalog of 7,500+ applications.
Application Workspace
Get every user the right apps, regardless of device, OS, or workspace. Deliver to Windows, macOS, virtual desktops, and Cloud PCs from one console, with a self-service catalog of 8,500+ curated apps.
What application management should cover
An application management solution should support the practical work required to get applications ready, make them available, and keep them current.
Application packaging
Prepare applications for reliable deployment.
Standardize application preparation and reduce repetitive packaging work across environments.
Application delivery
Make applications easy for users to find and access.
Manage one icon per application and set rules that auto select the install, stream, or web version the user’s environment requires.
Application patching
Respond to vulnerabilities and security updates faster.
Deploy third-party application patches and security updates across managed endpoints to reduce exposure and keep software current. Close vulnerability windows faster. Setup Store titles carry CVE data, and Right Click Tools Patching automates third-party patching in Intune and ConfigMgr.
Application deployment
Get applications to the right users and devices.
Deploy agent-based installs in minutes, with no waiting on sync cycles. Works during Autopilot, too.
Application versioning
Move application changes through your environment with greater control.
Move every release through Development, Test, Acceptance, and Production, with approval gates you set and one-click rollback. Reduce version drift, improve consistency, and maintain visibility as new application releases move from testing to production.
Application updating
Manage planned application change with less effort.
New versions arrive from the Setup Store ready to test, with your customizations intact. Updates install at login or lock, with no reboot prompts.
Application access management
Give users access to the applications they need—without losing control.
People see only the apps their identity, role, and device entitle them to. Licensed apps can route to a manager for approval in Teams.
Build once. Deliver across your environment.
Applications shouldn’t need to be rebuilt for every platform, workspace, or deployment method.
Manage Applications Everywhere
Modern IT teams often manage applications across physical endpoints, virtual desktops, Cloud PCs, and multiple endpoint-management platforms. Maintaining separate packaging and deployment workflows for every environment creates unnecessary complexity.
Standardization Across Environments
Recast helps IT teams standardize application preparation and delivery across diverse environments, reducing duplicate effort while providing a more consistent application experience for users regardless of where they work.
Make it easy with Migration Utility
Bring the applications you have. The Migration Utility imports existing packages from ConfigMgr, Intune, PDQ, Jamf, and more, so you don’t start from scratch.
How Recast supports application management
Package
Publish
Deploy
Maintain
Update and patch
Manage access
One application management strategy
Application management across your endpoint environment
Application management shouldn’t be limited by where an application runs. Recast works alongside the endpoint-management platforms and environments your organization already uses.
Microsoft Intune
Extend modern cloud-based endpoint management with additional application delivery, automation, visibility, and control.
Microsoft Configuration Manager
Continue using the infrastructure and workflows your team relies on while simplifying application-management tasks.
Virtual Desktops
Deliver applications across Citrix, Omnissa Horizon, Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365 Cloud PCs, and physical endpoints through a more consistent application management experience. Reduce the need for separate application workflows while supporting the environments your organization already uses.
Physical Endpoints
Keep applications available and current across Windows and Mac laptops, desktops, and shared devices.
Better experiences for IT and end users
For IT Teams
Reduce repetitive work while maintaining visibility and control.
For users
For the organization
Support a scalable application environment as the number of applications, users, devices, and endpoint environments grows.
Build a more scalable application management strategy
The challenge isn’t simply managing more applications. It’s supporting applications across more users, devices, environments, and management platforms.
Recast gives IT teams the capabilities to manage applications from preparation through ongoing maintenance, which reduces manual work while providing greater visibility and control.
Frequently asked questions
Application management is the process of preparing, delivering, deploying, updating, patching, and managing access to applications across an organization’s endpoint environment. It helps IT teams keep applications available, current, secure, and manageable across users and devices.
Unified Application Management is the practice of managing applications through a single strategy rather than treating packaging, delivery, deployment, updating, patching, and access as separate projects. The goal is to reduce complexity, improve consistency, and simplify how applications are delivered and maintained across users, devices, and environments.
An application management strategy should address the practical needs of getting applications to the right users and devices regardless of their environment. It should also provide visibility into application status across the endpoint environment.
Centralizing application packaging, publishing, and deployment can reduce repetitive work and give users a more straightforward way to access software. Recast brings these capabilities together across physical, virtual, and managed endpoint environments.
Recast helps IT teams manage applications across endpoint environments. By bringing capabilities from packaging through ongoing maintenance together with a more unified application management approach, organizations can reduce manual work while improving visibility, consistency, and control.
Yes. Recast works alongside Microsoft Intune and Configuration Manager to help IT teams manage applications across modern and traditional endpoint-management environments.
Application Workspace handles packaging, delivery, and updates while Intune and ConfigMgr keep managing devices, policies, and compliance. One package can serve both.
Third-party application patching helps IT teams keep applications current and address vulnerabilities without relying entirely on manual update processes. Recast provides capabilities to identify applications that need attention and deploy available updates.
Yes. Modern application environments often span physical endpoints, virtual desktops, Cloud PCs, and multiple endpoint management platforms. Recast supports application management across these environments.
A centralized application catalog can allow users to find and install approved applications without requiring IT to manually handle every request. Recast helps organizations provide a self-service application experience while maintaining IT control over application availability and deployment.
Usually not. The Migration Utility matches third-party apps to the Setup Store and imports existing packages.
No. 8,500+ curated titles are covered. In-house apps go through the same pipeline.