ThinApp deployment methods whitepaper
I’ve created a whitepaper that describes different kind of methods to deploy ThinApp applications. ThinApp is often compared to other application virtualization solutions that have a deployment mechanism build-in, like Microsoft App-V or Citrix XenApp streaming. ThinApp doesn’t have a build-in deployment mechanism, but there are a lot of options to deploy ThinApp applications. This whitepaper will describe several methods to deploy ThinApp applications.
My plan is to include RES Workspace manager, Appsense, LiquidwareLabs Profile Unity and other methods to the whitepaper in the next couple of months. If you have any comment or suggestions, mail me or leave a comment.
VMworld Europe 2010: (the) VirtualFuture is there!
VMworld Europe 2010 in Copenhagen is coming up and VirtualFuture.Info wil be present with both bloggers; Sven Huisman and myself (Matthijs Haverink). For me, going to VMworld was a must because of the following:
A) Networking (meeting new people, keeping in touch with other virtualization enthousiasts)
B) Discovering new products. My company is constantly looking for new solutions and vendors in virtualization space and where better to find and talk to all of them at the same place: the Solutions Exchange of VMworld !
C) Updating my technical and sales skills around (desktop) virtualization products.
But besides that the event is stuffed with great Labs, Breakout Sessions, Super Sessions, A VMware Partner Track and much much more! … Continue Reading
VMware View 4.5 released today!
During VMworld 2010 in San Francisco, VMware announced their latest release of VMware View. Today, VMware View 4.5 is available for download. Lot’s of new features and improvements were added in this release:
- Windows 7 Support 32/64-Bit
- Smart Card Support for PCoIP
- Local Mode Desktop
- A native Mac Client
- Kiosk Mode
- Automated USB Redirection
- Location based printing
- Client localization (German, Japanese, French, Simple Chinese)
- Adobe Flex UI Administrator interface
- Higher broker scalability
- Role based delegation
- SysPrep support for Linked Clone desktop pools
- Persistent disk management
- Refresh, Recompose and storage rebalance for non-persistent pools
- Semi-automatic pools
- Extensibility with Powershell, SCOM and SDK’s, Event database
- System Dashboard, User diagnostics and troubleshooting
- ThinApp entitlement
- Smart Card revocation
- Support for vSphere and vCenter version 4.1
Read a review of VMware View 4.5 and ThinApp 4.6 from Mike Laverick. Also read this Optimization guide for Windows 7.
VMware View 4.0.1 released
VMware released VMware View 4.0.1 yesterday:
What’s New in View Manager 4.0.1
VMware View 4.0.1 is a maintenance release that resolves some known issues in the previous releases. For details, see the Resolved Issues section.
This release includes the following new features.
Localization of VMware View
The View Client and online help for View Client are now available in Japanese, French, German, and simplified Chinese. The View Manager Administration Guide, View Manager Release Notes, Getting Started with VMware View document, View Upgrade Guide, and View Architecture Planning Guide are also available in these languages.
VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 6 and ESX 3.5 Update 5 Support
View Manager 4.0.1 includes support for VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 6 and ESX 3.5 Update 5.
Enhancements to the PCoIP Display Protocol
PCoIP now supports the following features:
- Virtual Printing, which allows end users to use local or network printers from a View desktop without requiring that additional print drivers be installed in the View desktop.
- Single sign-on support for third party providers such as Sentillion and Imprivata.
- View Client supports international keyboards when using PCoIP.
For PCoIP-related bug fixes, see the View Client Resolved Issues section.
VMware View and ThinApp Integration Guide
Aaron Black from VMware posted a VMware View and ThinApp Integration Guide on his blog.
“The guide discusses several of the topics covered in the previous posts but brings it all together with some task based scenarios that walk you through initial setup and configuration with screenshots and sample scripts.”
The guide should give answer to the following questions:
- Should I stream all my ThinApp packages from a fileshare or deploy them into the VMs?
- Where you I put my ThinApp packages? On the C:, the User Data Disk, a fileshare?
- How do I manage updates after the packages are in use?
- Will users keep their unique settings like toolbar buttons when running ThinApps from different desktops?
- How do I manage shortcuts and FileTypeAssociations for multi-user VMs?
It’s a straight-forward guide and it describes the different setup tasks between Persistent and non-persistent desktop.
