The first thing we are going to do in this chapter is to create a Writable Volume, but before we do that, we will take a look at the process for doing this.

The process for creating a Writable Volume is far simpler than the one used for creating AppStacks, as you don't need to provision or install any applications up front, have provisioning machines, or have to then configure assignments as a separate task.

The following diagram illustrates the process we will follow to create a Writable Volume:

As you can see, it's simply a case of creating a Writable Volume from one of the three standard templates, which we will cover later in this chapter, assigning which user or group you want to assign the Writable Volume to, and then deploying it for use.

The end users can then install their own applications.

The following diagram illustrates the creation process and the subsequent user installation of applications in a little more detail. User-installed applications are exactly...