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VMware ThinApp
Deploy and run applications without conflict
at a g l a n c e VMware ThinApp, a 100% agent-less application virtualization solution, eliminates application conflicts by packaging the entire application and its settings into an executable file that is isolated from the OS. ThinApp simplifies application deployment and updates and fits into any existing infrastructure. benEfits Eliminate application conflicts. Reduce enterprise application deployment costs. Improve delivery time. Accelerate and simplify application deployment, updates and patches without disrupting end users. Leverage existing infrastructure and desktop management tools. Lock down endpoint PCs without restricting the use of critical applications. Get started quickly with 100% agent-less application virtualization in your desktop environment.
How is VMware ThinApp Used in the Enterprise?
Easy to deploy and use, VMware ThinApp helps organizations create a virtual desktop environment that streamlines and simplifies application deployment and updates. ThinApp eliminates application conflicts by encapsulating applications and their run-time settings into encrypted executables that are isolated from the underlying operating system. ThinApp plugs into any desktop management solution and fits into an organizations existing infrastructure. Streamline software and OS migrations. Migrate to new operating systems without upgrading or replacing legacy applications. Run newer applications on legacy operating systems, and support multiple versions of the same application on the same PC. Eliminate Java runtime and component conflicts: Run different versions of Java JRE runtime needed in Web-based applications as well as different components (e.g. Java,.NET, service packs) on the same machine, without conflict. Simplify application packaging and reduce testing time. Provides application deployment flexibility by packaging applications into both standard EXE and MSI files. Enhance virtual desktop deployments. Broaden the range of applications with VMware View Composer, simplify application management and provide flexibility to end users to pick and choose the applications that reside in their virtual hosted desktop. ThinApp also reduces the storage needed for desktops because applications are hosted separately and streamed to users on demand, all with personal settings preserved.
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Improve terminal services environments. Consolidate servers by virtualizing applications that conflict and eliminate the need for dedicated infrastructure. Augment security policies. Lock down corporate endpoints by running applications in user mode without locking out users, and create policies that travel with the application wherever it is deployed or used.

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Improve workforce mobility. Run applications directly from USB smart drives without installation, host OS modifications, or the need for administrator rights.
ThinApp simplifies application deployments by packaging an entire application and its settings into a single executable that is isolated from the operating system (OS).
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How Does VMware ThinApp Work?
VMware ThinApp uses application virtualization to decouple applications from the underlying OS. ThinApp links the application, Virtual Operating System (VOS), and a compressed embedded file system and registry into a single EXE file, and provides process loading, DLL loading and thread and process management. ThinApp files can be copied to any hardware device or operating system, without conflict. With ThinApp, administrators can build new applications much more quickly. ThinApp applications run on a wide variety of Windows platforms without the need for repackaging or retesting. When used in conjunction with VMware View Premier, ThinApp works with VMware View Composer to reduce the management and storage burden of enterprise applications and images. ThinApp captures locally saved data and settings from legacy applications and natively redirects them to a user data disk, thus preserving user data across View Composer desktop refreshes. View Composer can restore desktop images back to their original size as they grow over time, without affecting the applications.
Optimized storage infrastructure: Use with VMware View Premier to reduce the management and storage burden of enterprise applications and images. Conflict-Free Application Delivery Active Directory integration. Eliminate distribution, streaming or activation servers or agents. ThinApp works with AD, ESD enforcement tools, and open protocols, requiring no additional hardware, software licenses or ongoing maintenance for backend infrastructure. Active Directory authentication: Add and remove users from AD groups from a central location. Because packages are tied to specific AD groups, unauthorized users cannot execute packages. Execution from USB key with portable profiles/user settings. Run critical applications from a USB key while maintaining corporate security requirements. Integration with third-party application management solutions. Plug.MSI and/or.EXE file into existing electronic software delivery systems (Inventory, Configuration Management Database, Definitive Software Library, Packagers) without additional integrations. Application Sync. Update applications for mobile users as well as third parties on the corporate extranet, and update virtual applications over the LAN or WAN. Simplified Application Packaging Package once, deliver to many. Execute a packaged application on Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Vista, and Windows 2008 without retesting or repackaging the application for each operating system. System snapshots. Use a rapid three-step process for pre- and post-install system states for packaging simplicity and for supporting applications that require a reboot during the installation process. Application Link. Create separate packages of interdependent components such as Java or.NET runtimes and the applications that rely on them. Third-party Support. Deliver custom applications throughout the extranet.

Key Features of VMware ThinApp
100% Agent-less Application Virtualization Application isolation. Run isolated applications in restricted user accounts without requiring any host modification. Deploy otherwise incompatible applications such as Office 97, 2003, 2007, and.NET applications on the same OS without conflict. Zero-runtime execution. Run applications directly from a compressed state for better performance and data security. 100% User Mode execution. Run applications on lockeddown, unmanaged kiosk PCs without administration rights to execute applications. Block-by-block streaming. Execute ThinAppd applications block-by-block instantly and improve launch time over native applications. Sandbox environments for terminal services. Provide sandboxing for applications running in a terminal services environment so that multiple users can run their own sandboxed application without affecting each other. 64-bit operating system support. Virtualize and run 32-bit applications on 64-bit systems.

Find Out More

For information or to purchase VMware products, call 1-877-4VMWARE (outside of North America dial +1-650-427-5000), visit www.vmware. com/products, or search online for an authorized reseller. For detailed product specifications and systems requirements, please refer to the ThinApp install and configure guide.
VMware, Inc. 3401 Hillview Ave Palo Alto CA 94304 USA Tel 877-486-9273 Fax 650-427-5001 www.vmware.com
Copyright 2009 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved. This product is protected by U.S. and international copyright and intellectual property laws. VMware products are covered by one or more patents listed at http://www.vmware.com/go/patents. VMware is a registered trademark or trademark of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. Item No: VMW_09Q1_DS_ThinApp_EN_P2_R4

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VMware ThinApp
Application Virtualization Made Simple

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What Is ThinApp?
ThinApp is an agentless application virtualization solution that decouples applications from their underlying operating systems to eliminate application conflict and streamline application delivery and management.
Designed to eliminate application conflicts and streamline management, VMware ThinApp simplifies application virtualization and reduces the cost and complexity of application delivery. As a key component of VMware View, ThinApp adds application compatibility to virtual desktop environments and helps to reduce the management burden of desktop applications and images.

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How Does ThinApp Work?
ThinApp virtualizes applications by encapsulating application files and registry into a single ThinApp package that can be deployed, managed and updated independently from the underlying operating system (OS). The virtualized applications do not make any changes to the underlying OS and continue to behave the same across different configurations for compatibility, consistent end-user experiences, and ease of management.
Simplify Windows 7 migrations Eliminate application conflicts Minimize costly recoding and regression testing Streamline application management Reduce IT support and helpdesk costs Strengthen endpoint security Increase workforce mobility Get integrated application assignment

How Is ThinApp Used?

Simplify Windows 7 migrationMigrate legacy applications such as Internet Explorer 6 to 32- and 64-bit Windows 7 systems with ease by using ThinApp to eliminate costly recoding, regression testing and support costs. Eliminate application conflictsIsolate desktop applications from each other and from the underlying OS to avoid conflicts. Consolidate application streaming serversEnable multiple applications and sandboxed user-specific configuration data and settings to safely reside on the same server. Reduce desktop storage costsLeverage ThinApp as a component of VMware View to reduce desktop storage costs and streamline updates to endpoints. Augment security policiesDeploy ThinApp packages on locked-down PCs and allow end users to run their favorite applications without compromising security. Increase mobility for end usersDeploy, maintain and update virtualized applications on USB sticks for ultimate portability.
VMware ThinApp simplifies application delivery by encapsulating applications in portable packages that can be deployed to many end point devices while isolating applications from each other and the underlying operating system.
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Key Features

Whats New in ThinApp 4.6
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 supportThinApp now offers complete support for virtualizing Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (IE 6) that makes it easy to virtualize and deploy IE 6 application packages to 32- and 64-bit Windows 7 desktops. ThinDirectThis new feature gives end users the flexibility to seamlessly run IE 6 on Windows 7 desktops alongside newer browsers such as IE 8, and allows administrator to configure Web pages with IE 6 dependencies to ensure that URLs always open in the right browser. RelinkUpgrade existing ThinApp packages to the new ThinApp 4.6 format quickly and easily without the need for associated project files. ThinApp ConverterThinApp works with VMware vSphere, VMware ESX and VMware Workstation images to convert silently installed applications into ThinApp packages through a command-line interface that allows for automation of application conversion and management.
Fast, Flexible Application Delivery
Application linkConfigure relationships between virtualized applications, plug-ins, service packs, and even runtime environments such as Java and.NET. Application syncAutomatically apply updates over the Web to applications on unmanaged PCs and devices. Support for USB drives and thin clientsDeploy, maintain and update applications on USB storage drives and thin client terminals. Microsoft Windows 7 supportDeploy legacy applications on 32- and 64-bit Windows 7 systems and streamline application migration by avoiding costly, time-consuming recoding and regression testing.
Seamless Integration with Existing infrastructure
Zero-footprint architecturePlug ThinApp directly into existing IT tools without the need to add dedicated hardware or backend databases. Integration with management toolsThinApp creates standard.MSI and EXE packages that can be delivered through existing tools from Microsoft, BMC, HP, CA, Novell, Symantec, LANDesk and others. Support for Active Directory authenticationAdd and remove ThinApp users from Active Directory groups, and prevent unauthorized users from executing ThinApp packages. Integrated application assignment in VMware View Manager 4.5 ThinApp packages can be assigned to individual desktops or pools of desktops in View Manager to allow for streamlined application deployment.

Agentless Application Virtualization
Agentless architectureDesigned for fast deployment and ease of management, ThinApp requires no agent code on target devices. Complete application isolationPackage entire applications and their settings into a single executable that runs independently on any endpoint, allowing multiple versions or multiple applications to run on the same device without any conflict. Built-in securityApplication packages run only in user mode, so end users have the freedom and flexibility to run their preferred applications on locked-down PCs without compromising security.

Find Out More

For information or to purchase VMware products, call 1-877-4VMWARE (outside of North America dial +1-650-427-5000), visit www.vmware.com/products, or search online for an authorized reseller. For detailed product specifications and systems requirements, please refer to the VMware ThinApp product documentation.
Fast, Flexible Application Packaging
Package once, deploy to manyPackage an application once and deploy it to desktops (physical or virtual) running Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7. Three-step setup captureUse a three-step process for preand post-install system states to simplify application packaging and support applications that require a reboot during the installation process.
VMware, Inc. 3401 Hillview Avenue Palo Alto CA 94304 USA Tel 877-486-9273 Fax 650-427-5001 www.vmware.com
Copyright 2010 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved. This product is protected by U.S. and international copyright and intellectual property laws. VMware products are covered by one or more patents listed at http://www.vmware.com/go/patents. VMware is a registered trademark or trademark of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. Item No: VMW_10Q3_DS_THINAPP_USLET_EN_R4