Various features support the application activation process. Application types (for example, native applications or Hybrid Apps), and design decisions (for example, connection registration type, customizations) each might have a significant impact on the administration activities required to support your environment.
The pairing of users to applications, and applications to connections, packages, and customizations, works only if all entities are recognized. Key application activation features that support this pairing include: application definitions connection registration (manual, automatic, or anonymous) properties, each of which contain fundamental details that allow the application to become activated.