VMware ThinApp
Package and Run Applications
without Installation
ThinApp is a client-less Application Virtualisation solution allowing any
Windows application to be packaged, streamed, and executed as a single .EXE
on a host PC without installation or changes to the local desktop’s registry
and file system. Unlike other solutions, ThinApp requires no pre installed
software on the client or server. “ThinApped” applications can run from
any device such as Desktop, LAN, WAN, USB Flash, etc. using the existing
infrastructure.
“ThinApped” applications run entirely in user-mode on locked down PCs with
no device drivers installed enabling administrators to maintain a secure,
clean, and stable user desktop.
Features
100% Agentless Application Virtualisation
- Application isolation.
- Zero-runtime execution.
- 100% User Mode execution.
- Block-by-block network streaming.
- Sandbox environments for terminal services.
- 64-bit operating system support.
- Execution on thin clients.
- Compatibility with a broad range of applications.
Conflict-free Application Delivery
- Active Directory integration.
- Execution from USB key with portable profiles/user settings.
- Integration with 3rd-party application management solutions.
- Application Sync.
Simplified Application Packaging
- Application Link.
- Package it once, deliver to many.
- System snapshots.
- ISV embeddable.
Why are customers using Application Virtualisation
- Simplify installation and maintenance - 1 file to distribute
- Eliminate conflicts via application isolation
- Deploy faster with less regression testing
- Run different versions of the same app.
- Package runtime components – Java, .Net FrameWork
- Lock down PCs – run apps in User Mode
- Consolidate Terminal servers (Eg Citrix) – No application conflicts
- Facilitate VDI Initiatives
- Smooth Vista Migrations: use older apps
