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VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials

By : Peter Bjork
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VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials

By: Peter Bjork

Overview of this book

VMware ThinApp 4.7 is an application virtualization and portable application creator which allows users to package conventional applications so that they are portable. "VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials" shows you how to deploy ThinApp packages in order to improve the portability, manageability and compatibility of applications by encapsulating them from the underlying operating system on which they are executed. Application virtualization improves the portability, manageability and compatibility of applications by encapsulating them from the underlying operating system on which they are executed. VMware ThinApp 4.7 is an application virtualization and portable application creator which allows users to package conventional applications so that they are portable. ThinApp eliminates application conflicts, reducing the need and cost of recoding and regression testing. In this book you will learn about how application virtualization works and how to deploy ThinApp packages. You will learn how to update and tweak ThinApp Projects before distribution. This book will then cover design and implementation considerations for future ThinApp projects.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Using VMware View


VMware View is VMware's virtual desktop infrastructure product. The use of virtual applications greatly enhances your VDI implementation. Using application virtualization makes management easier and studies have shown much greater return on investment compared to not using application virtualization. An optimal VDI design makes use of floating pools (no user has their own dedicated desktop) and Golden Images. Using a Golden Image means you have one image containing all shared content such as operating system and applications used by all your users. User unique information is stored either in the user's profile or on a user specific linked clone disk. In order to minimize the usage of expensive SAN disk space, the profile is often redirected to a network share using profile management tools. The only variable left is the linked clone. In minimizing the size of the linked clone, application virtualization is your best friend. Application entitlement and usage will not have...