Comments on: VMware Thinapp RC review

By: e-t-c

e-t-c — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:29:52 +0000

ThinAppHelper Version 3.0 (April 2009) is aviable …

http://thinapphelper.cis-group.nl/download.php?AppName=ThinAppHelper

BTW: Fine App, because they no need a host-program installation like Altiris SVS or Virtualbox.

By: esraa

esraa — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:16:27 +0000

its really a great tool but when i tried to install it he asked for the serial number and idon’t have it can you tell me what is it?

By: SAR

SAR — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:31:55 +0000

The icon will popup when you start a Thinapp application, can this be disabled?

I hate this…

THANKS

By: Chris Davis

Chris Davis — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:03:27 +0000

I recently found a unwanted ThinApp had been installed in my server farm (granted by poor physical security) is it possible to use AD Group Policy to prevent ThinApp installation or execution on reboot?

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:18:54 +0000

Does ThinApp provide a way to ensure that using the file open/save dialogs would see only the sandbox? (Assume for now that can’t be done through OS permissions.)

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:07:59 +0000

ThinApp can be easily distributed and inventoried using any Software Delivery tool such as SMS, Marimba, LANDesk, Altiris, etc.

http://www.acresso.com/products/licensing/adminstudio.htm

IT can wrap a ThinApp package with any of the standard Software Delivery tools and distribute, manage, and inventory their packages using the same tool.

ThinApp packages need to be registered with WMI using Thinreg utility for inventory and usage. Unlike the other tools – ThinApp does not have an agent so it doesn’t require a new management tool or system.

There is a nice demo of how ThinApp Packages can be delivered with BMC Marimba here. It is Thinstall but it still works with the VMware branded version:

http://www.thinstall.com/solutions/bmc.php

For these tools you would setup either Group Policy (SMS) or Active Directory/LDAP policy (BMC, others) on what applications the users are allowed to have and either deploy or remove based on that policy.

The ThinApp packages can be delivered in 3 ways depending on your use case:
1) Directly to the endpoint
2) USB device
3) Streamed from a shortcut (Terminal Services, Citrix, or Network Share)

For laptops – option 1 works the best.

By: Sven Huisman

Sven Huisman — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:59:11 +0000

There is no deployment tool included. So you could distribute the application(-shortcut) with AD group policies or with SMS or Landesk for example.

For WAN and Internet deployments, in which unexpected disconnections are more frequent, VMware
recommends one of the following solutions:
- Deploy applications by using a URL.
- Use a desktop deployment solution to push the package into the background and only allow execution after the entire package is downloaded. You should therefore deploy the executables to the laptops.

By: Pankaj

Pankaj — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:00:10 +0000

Easy to create the the app, but how do we deploy to the users? Do we have to manually publish shortcuts to the users or will they automatically get some shortcuts when they logon [based on the AD groups that you assigned in the virtualization process?]

Also, what happens when the user disconnects the laptop and goes to a meet. Now, if the user needs the app, will he/she not have access to the app? Or will the app sync into a local location on the user’s hard drive?

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