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VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials

By : Peter Bjork
Book Image

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

Different deployment scenarios


There are many different methods for deploying ThinApp packages. All of these methods can happily coexist and one doesn't rule out another. There are two main methods, local deployment and streaming.

Local deployment means the packages live on the client's hard drive. The users can use the virtualized application without being connected to the corporate network. One obvious benefit is that you will be able to use the application offline and don't have to depend on the network to be up and running. Another benefit is that the performance of your virtual application doesn't depend on the performance of the network. The downside is that you need to be in touch with your clients. You must get those packages copied to your clients. When a new version of the package is available you'll have to deploy the update to all of your clients again.

Streaming means that the packages reside on a network share. The only infrastructure required is a Microsoft Windows file...