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Learning VMware App Volumes

You're reading from   Learning VMware App Volumes Deliver applications to virtual desktop environments in seconds and at scale with the click of a button

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2016
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ISBN-13 9781785884382
Length 494 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to App Volumes 2. Architectural and Feature Overview FREE CHAPTER 3. Designing and Building an App Volumes Deployment 4. Installing and Configuring the App Volumes Software 5. A Guided Tour of the Management Console 6. Working with AppStacks 7. Working with Writable Volumes 8. Delivering ThinApp Packages with App Volumes 9. Horizon View Integration 10. Deploying App Volumes in a Citrix XenDesktop Environment 11. Deploying App Volumes in a RemoteApp Environment 12. Deploying App Volumes in a Citrix XenApp Environment 13. Deploying App Volumes in a Horizon View Hosted Apps Environment 14. Advanced Configuration and Other Options Index

What is ThinApp?


Let's quickly start off by describing what ThinApp is for those of you who are new to the technology or don't know that much about it.

ThinApp is an agentless application-virtualization or application-packaging solution that decouples applications from the underlying operating systems. It's designed to eliminate application conflict and streamline application delivery and management. ThinApp licenses come as part of the Horizon View license and can be used on both physical and virtual desktop machines, therefore providing a mechanism for delivering applications across your entire end-user estate.

What is application virtualization?

ThinApp encapsulates applications into a package consisting of a single .exe or .msi file and abstracts them from the following:

  • The host operating system

  • Any traditionally installed applications already running on the system

  • All other virtual applications running on the system

It has the following features:

  • Applications are run in a virtual environment...

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