Export apps setting from one delivery group and import to a different delivery group by using PowerShell

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Instructions

Export Script:
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Instruction: please copy the below script snippets as XenAppExport.ps1 and run.
If you have any execution policy please make them exception or unrestricted then run 

<#
#         File Name : XenAppExport.ps1
#         Description:
#        
#         Exporting Application Data and Icons to XML format. This will allow
#         users to import applications and the applications settings in another
#         site for testing or site replication.
#>

# Adding Citrix Snapins
Add-PSSnapin Citrix*

# Setting start up location
$Location = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path -replace $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name,"";
set-location $Location;

# Grabs applications
$apps = Get-BrokerApplication -MaxRecordCount 2147483647

$Results = @()

foreach($app in $apps)
{
    # Building Properties for each application
    
    $Properties = @{
    AdminFolderName = $app.AdminFolderName
    AdminFolderUid = $app.AdminFolderUid
    ApplicationName = $app.ApplicationName
    ApplicationType = $app.ApplicationType
    AssociatedDesktopGroupPriorities = $app.AssociatedDesktopGroupPriorities
    AssociatedDesktopGroupUUIDs = $app.AssociatedDesktopGroupUUIDs
    AssociatedDesktopGroupUids = $app.AssociatedDesktopGroupUids
    AssociatedUserFullNames = $app.AssociatedUserFullNames
    AssociatedUserNames = $app.AssociatedUserNames
    AssociatedUserUPNs = $app.AssociatedUserUPNs
    BrowserName = $app.BrowserName
    ClientFolder = $app.ClientFolder
    CommandLineArguments = $app.CommandLineArguments
    CommandLineExecutable = $app.CommandLineExecutable
    CpuPriorityLevel = $app.CpuPriorityLevel
    Description = $app.Description
    Enabled = $app.Enabled
    IconFromClient = $app.IconFromClient
    EncodedIconData = (Get-Brokericon -Uid $app.IconUid).EncodedIconData # Grabs Icon Image
    MetadataKeys = $app.MetadataKeys
    MetadataMap = $app.MetadataMap
    Name = $app.Name
    PublishedName = $app.PublishedName
    SecureCmdLineArgumentsEnabled = $app.SecureCmdLineArgumentsEnabled
    ShortcutAddedToDesktop = $app.ShortcutAddedToDesktop
    ShortcutAddedToStartMenu = $app.ShortcutAddedToStartMenu
    StartMenuFolder = $app.StartMenuFolder
    UUID = $app.UUID
    Uid = $app.Uid
    UserFilterEnabled = $app.UserFilterEnabled
    Visible = $app.Visible
    WaitForPrinterCreation = $app.WaitForPrinterCreation
    WorkingDirectory = $app.WorkingDirectory
    }

    # Stores each Application setting for export
    $Results += New-Object psobject -Property $properties
}
# Setting File name with time stamp
$Date = Get-Date
$FileName = $Date.ToShortDateString() + $Date.ToLongTimeString()
$FileName = (($FileName -replace ":","") -replace " ","") -replace "/",""
$FileName = "Apps" + $FileName + ".xml"

# Exporting results
$Results | export-clixml .\$FileName




 
Instruction: please copy the below script snippets as XenAppImport.ps1 and run.
If you have any execution policy please make them exception or unrestricted then run 



<#
#   File Name : XenAppImport.ps1
#   Description: Importing Application Data and Icons from exported xml file.
#
#       Notes : Getting Delivery Group from Arguments
#               I.e. .\XenAppImport.ps1 "<Delivery Group Name>" .\<AppExportedXMLFile>.xml
#>

# Adding Citrix Snapins
Add-PSSnapin Citrix*
# Setting start up location
$Location = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path -replace $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name,""
set-location $Location

# Delivery Group for imported location
$dg = Get-BrokerDesktopGroup $args[0]

#Importing Application Data
$apps = Import-Clixml $args[1]

foreach ($app in $apps)
{
       #Resetting failure detection
        failed = $false

       #Publishing Application
        Write-Host "Publishing APPLICATON:" $app.PublishedName
        
        if ($app.CommandLineArguments.Length -lt 2) {$app.CommandLineArguments = " "}

        #Display Application Settings
        write-host -ForegroundColor Cyan "BrowserName : " $app.BrowserName
        write-host -ForegroundColor Cyan "ComdLineExe : " $app.CommandLineExecutable
        write-host -ForegroundColor Cyan "Description : " $app.Description
        write-host -ForegroundColor Cyan "ComdLineArg : " $app.CommandLineArguments
        write-host -ForegroundColor Cyan "Enabled     : " $app.Enabled
        write-host -ForegroundColor Cyan "Name        : " $app.Name
        write-host -ForegroundColor Cyan "UserFiltEna : " $app.UserFilterEnabled
        write-host -ForegroundColor Cyan "WorkingDire : " $app.WorkingDirectory
        write-host -ForegroundColor Cyan "Published   : " $app.PublishedName
        write-host -ForegroundColor Cyan "ClientFolder: " $app.ClientFolder
       
        Try{

            #Prep for Application Import - Removing Null values
            #   * Not just some null value, any null values seems to crash this processes. 
            #   * Application folders screw this field up, had to use PublishedName for -Name property.

            $MakeApp = 'New-BrokerApplication -ApplicationType HostedOnDesktop'
            if($app.BrowserName -ne $null){$MakeApp += ' -BrowserName $app.BrowserName'}
            if($app.CommandLineExecutable -ne $null){$MakeApp += ' -CommandLineExecutable $app.CommandLineExecutable'}
            if($app.Description -ne $null){$MakeApp += ' -Description $app.Description'}
            if($app.ClientFolder -ne $null){$MakeApp += ' -ClientFolder $app.ClientFolder'}
            if($app.CommandLineArguments -ne $null){$MakeApp += ' -CommandLineArguments $app.CommandLineArguments'}
            if($app.PublishedName -ne $null){$MakeApp += ' -Name $app.PublishedName'} 
            if($app.UserFilterEnabled -ne $null){$MakeApp += ' -UserFilterEnabled $app.UserFilterEnabled'}
            if($app.Enabled -ne $null){$MakeApp += ' -Enabled $app.Enabled'}
            if($dg -ne $null){$MakeApp += ' -DesktopGroup $dg'}
            if($app.WorkingDirectory -ne $null){$MakeApp += ' -WorkingDirectory $app.WorkingDirectory'}
            if($app.PublishedName -ne $null){$MakeApp += ' -PublishedName $app.PublishedName'}
            
            #Creating Application
            Invoke-Expression $MakeApp | Out-Null

        }
        catch
        {
            write-host  -ForegroundColor Red $_.Exception.Message
            write-host  -ForegroundColor Red $_.Exception.ItemName
            write-host  -ForegroundColor Red "Error on "  $app.BrowserName
            write-host  -ForegroundColor Red "Error on "  $app.CommandLineExecutable
            write-host  -ForegroundColor Red "Error on "  $app.Description
            write-host  -ForegroundColor Red "Error on "  $app.CommandLineArguments
            write-host  -ForegroundColor Red "Error on "  $app.Enabled
            write-host  -ForegroundColor Red "Error on "  $app.Name
            write-host  -ForegroundColor Red "Error on "  $app.UserFilterEnabled
           $failed = $true
        }
            
        if($failed -ne $true)
        {
            #Importing Icon
            $IconUid = New-BrokerIcon -EncodedIconData $app.EncodedIconData
            
            #Setting applications icon
            Set-BrokerApplication $app.PublishedName -IconUid $IconUid.Uid
            write-host -ForegroundColor Green "Working on Icon" $IconUid.Uid "for application:" $app.PublishedName
 
            # Adding Users and Groups to application associations
            If($app.AssociatedUserNames -ne $null)
            {
                Try
                {
                    $users = $app.AssociatedUserNames
 
                    foreach($user in $users)
                    {
                        write-host -ForegroundColor Yellow "Adding User or Group:" $user "for application:" $app.PublishedName
                        Add-BrokerUser -Name "$user" -Application $app.PublishedName
                    }
                }
                catch
                {
                    write-host  -ForegroundColor Red $_.Exception.Message
                    write-host  -ForegroundColor Red $_.Exception.ItemName
                    write-host  -ForegroundColor Red "Error on User  "  $user "for application:" $app.PublishedName
                }
            }
        }
}

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Its sample script to export or to import the applications make sure you read the instructions and have the proper backup