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VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials. Learn how to quickly and efficiently virtualize your applications with ThinApp 4.7 with this book and

VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials. Learn how to quickly and efficiently virtualize your applications with ThinApp 4.7 with this book and

Peter Bjork

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VMware ThinApp 4.7 is an application virtualization and portable application creator which allows users to package conventional applications so that they are portable.
VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials shows you how to deploy ThinApp packages in order to improve the portability, manageability and compatibility of applications by encapsulating them from the underlying operating system on which they are executed.
Application virtualization improves the portability, manageability and compatibility of applications by encapsulating them from the underlying operating system on which they are executed.
VMware ThinApp 4.7 is an application virtualization and portable application creator which allows users to package conventional applications so that they are portable. ThinApp eliminates application conflicts, reducing the need and cost of recoding and regression testing.
In this book you will learn about how application virtualization works and how to deploy ThinApp packages. You will learn how to update and tweak ThinApp Projects before distribution. This book will then cover design and implementation considerations for future ThinApp projects.
  • VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials
    • Table of Contents
    • VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials
    • Credits
    • About the Author
    • About the Reviewers
    • www.PacktPub.com
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    • Preface
      • What this book covers
      • What you need for this book
      • Who this book is for
      • Conventions
      • Reader feedback
      • Customer support
        • Errata
        • Piracy
        • Questions
    • 1. Application Virtualization
      • Application virtualization
      • ThinApp overview
      • ThinApp architecture
      • Common ThinApp vocabulary
        • The capturing process
        • The capture machine
        • The project folder
        • The package
        • The data container
        • The entry point
        • Compiling or building your ThinApp package
        • The build machine
        • The ThinApp utilities folder
        • The ThinApp runtime
        • Read-Only data
        • Read and write data
        • Folder macros
      • The sandbox
      • Isolation modes
        • Merged
        • WriteCopy
        • Full
          • Example 1
          • Example 2
          • Example 3
      • The virtual filesystem
      • The virtual registry
      • Application Linking (AppLink)
        • AppLink conflict resolution for isolation modes
          • Optional AppLink
          • Required AppLink
      • The ThinApp utilities folder and its content
      • Summary
    • 2. Application Packaging
      • Packaging
      • Running the Setup Capture wizard
      • The capture and build environment
      • Entry points and the data container
      • The project folder
      • The Package.ini file
      • Isolation mode considerations
      • Virtualizing Internet Explorer 6
      • The recommended ThinApp capture process
      • Some packaging tips
        • 32-bit versus 64-bit
        • Services
        • Auto update
        • Save your project folders
        • Make sure you investigate the sandbox
        • When capturing, make sure you are capturing!
        • Make sure your application is 100 percent natively installed
        • Never start with AppLink
      • VB Scripting
      • Packaging applications with dependencies
        • Dependencies on runtimes
        • Dependencies on locally installed applications
        • Dependencies on another virtualized application
      • Summary
    • 3. Deployment of ThinApp Packages
      • Different deployment scenarios
      • Using streaming deployment
      • Using MSI to distribute packages
      • Using VMware Horizon Application Manager
      • Using VMware View
      • Using alternative media and methods
      • Using thinreg.exe to register your applications
      • Summary
    • 4. Updating and Tweaking Your ThinApp Project
      • Different categories of updates
      • Recapturing an application
      • Modifying the project folder
      • Sandbox merge
      • Updating the ThinApp runtime
      • Sandbox considerations for updated packages
      • Summary
    • 5. How to Distribute Updates
      • Different categories of updates
      • Using MSI to distribute updates
      • Using an in-place update method
      • Application Sync (AppSync)
      • Application Linking (AppLink)
      • Deploying updated packages using VMware Horizon Application Manager
      • Summary
    • 6. Design and Implementation Considerations using ThinApp
      • Protecting your packages
      • Default isolation modes
      • Sandbox considerations
      • Implementing ThinDirect
      • Designing for a physical client implementation
      • Designing for a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) implementation
      • Designing for a terminal server/Citrix XenApp implementation
      • Designing for a mixed environment
      • Sizing of your streaming file share
      • Summary
    • 7. Troubleshooting
      • The theory behind troubleshooting
      • Effective test procedures
        • The Dirty Test
        • The Washed Test
        • The Clean Test
        • The Production Test
      • Common troubleshooting tools
        • Process Explorer
        • Process Monitor
        • Dependency Walker
        • Microsoft Event Viewer
        • Error messages
      • ThinApp Log Monitor
      • Troubleshooting tips and tricks
      • Your everyday capturing process
      • Summary
    • A. References
      • Folder macros
      • Package.ini parameters
      • Environment variables and ThinApp runtime switches
        • Changing the sandbox location
        • ThinApp runtime switches
      • Summary
    • Index
  • Title: VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials. Learn how to quickly and efficiently virtualize your applications with ThinApp 4.7 with this book and
  • Author: Peter Bjork
  • Original title: VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials. Learn how to quickly and efficiently virtualize your applications with ThinApp 4.7 with this book and ebook.
  • ISBN: 9781849686297, 9781849686297
  • Date of issue: 2012-11-23
  • Format: Ebook
  • Item ID: e_3ayz
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing