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VMware Horizon View 6 Desktop Virtualization Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Ventresco
Book Image

VMware Horizon View 6 Desktop Virtualization Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Ventresco

Overview of this book

If you want a more detailed explanation concerning the implementation of several different core features of VMware Horizon View, this is the book for you. Whether you are new to VMware Horizon View or an existing user, this book will provide you with the knowledge you need to successfully deploy several core features and get introduced to the latest features of version 6.0 as well.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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4. Managing VMware Horizon View with PowerCLI
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Index

Deploying VMware ThinApp


This recipe will go through the steps required to prepare a desktop for capturing applications using ThinApp.

Getting ready

VMware ThinApp requires a computer with the ThinApp application installed in order to capture applications. The ThinApp-captured computer should have a clean installation of Microsoft Windows that only has the base operating system installed. To ensure that the captured applications will be compatible, the ThinApp desktop should be representative of the master virtual desktop image that will be used with Horizon View, with similar core applications and tools installed.

Note

The ThinApp-captured computer should also have the same Windows components installed as the computers on which the application will run. If components such as the Microsoft .NET Framework are required by the application and installed on the capture computer but not installed on the computers where ThinApp will be used, the applications will not work. In cases such as these, ThinApp...