VMware ThinApp
agentless application virtualization
VMware & Thinstall = VMware ThinApp
Thinstall is now VMware ThinApp
Part VMware desktop product family
Enables Modular Desktop Evolution
New Packaging
VMware ThinApp Suite includes
Workstation, ThinApp Setup Capture
Packager, and 50 Client Licenses
ThinApp Client licenses
Product & Services
Application Link & Application Sync
Gold & Platinum Support
VMware ThinApp 2 Day Jumpstart
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Virtualization: The Evolution of the Desktop
Primary Drivers: “In a growing number of organizations,
traditional PC software distribution
approaches are no longer sufficient to address
Reduce Costs all user requirements. A combination of
streaming and operating-system- (OS-) to-
application virtualization often can fill those
Stay Compliant deficiencies,
improve the user's experience, and may
improve the efficiency of application
Increase Flexibility packaging and testing for IT.”
Gartner
Regain Control
1Gartner Research Inc., Software Streaming and OS-to-Application Virtualization Can Deliver for Client Architectures”,Ronni
Collville, October 1, 2007
ThinApp: Application Management through Virtualization
Features Operating System
Decouples applications & data from OS
Agent-less architecture Application Application
Wide platform and application support
Plugs into existing Application App Files App Files
Management tools
Benefits
Reduces Storage Costs Application App Files Application App Files
Minimizes desktop images to be managed sandbox sandbox
VOS VOS
Streamlines application patch updates
Allows multiple versions of applications to
be used Operating System
The ThinApp Virtual Operating System (VOS)
Comparison of a virtual machine to a virtual
application
Application App Files Application App Files
sandbox sandbox
VOS VOS
Operating System
Virtual machines Virtual applications
Flexible Provisioning of Applications & OS
Virtualization breaks the
bond between each layer
Allows IT to manage each
layer separately
Users can pick HW and
apps while still locking
down desktop
Supports server hosted
desktops and PCs
Package Once, Deploy Everywhere
Works with Existing Delivery Tools
Audit & Deliver ThinApp Packages from same system
as natively installed applications (MS, BMC, HP, CA)
Create Conflict Free Applications
Problem:
Tightly coupled relationships between OS, Applications and Data
Symptoms:
• Application Conflicts
• Complex Compatibility Test Matrices
• Diminished Time to Deployment
• Loss of User Productivity
Solution: VMware ThinApp
Agentless application virtualization decouples applications and data from the OS
Application Link – Connect ThinApps
Seamless Interoperability Enhance License Management
• Reduces package size to ease
• ThinApp packages can talk deployment & delivery
together & with OS
• Enhances software license
• Enables interoperability between management tracking via
virtual applications and current inventory tools
underlying OS
Application Sync : Update ThinApp Packages
Turn IT into a profit center:
• Manage applications in the
extended enterprise:
Partners, Subsidiaries
• Ship only what they need,
when they need it
Without Business interruption
• Flexible delivery to a
variety of devices (USB,
Thin Client, PC)
• Conflict free application
HTTP/HTTPS Byte Level Updates over updates for unmanaged
WAN/LAN via Active Directory PCs (WAN)
Product Demonstration
Wrap Up
Agentless architecture
No compatibility issues with multiple versions
No backend infrastructure requirements
100% User mode execution
Widest platform support
Support for 16, 32 & 64bit windows,
Windows NT, 2K, XP, Vista, W23K
Citrix PS 4.x and MS Terminal Services
Support for the widest array of applications
Support for wide variety of .NET and Java runtimes
Multiple versions of Internet explorer – run IE 6 & IE 7 on the same machine
Works with what you have now!
AdminStudio, MS SMS, BMC (Marimba), Altiris, HP, IBM, CA, Matrix42 and more…
