VMware ThinApp

What is ThinApp

VMware® 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.

With ThinApp, an entire Windows application and its settings can be packaged into a single executable and deployed to many different Windows operating systems without imposing additional cost and complexity to the server or client. Application virtualization with ThinApp eliminates conflicts at the application and operating system level and minimizes costly recoding and regression testing to speed application migration to Windows 7.

ThinApp virtualizes applications by encapsulating application files and registry settings into a single ThinApp package. IT administrators can deploy, manage, and update these ThinApp packages independently from the underlying operating system (OS). The virtualized applications do not make any changes to the underlying OS and behave the same across different desktop configurations, which provide a stable, consistent end-user experience, and ease of management.

Common Use Cases To Leverage VMware ThinApp

VMware ThinApp simplifies application delivery by encapsulating applications in portable packages that can be deployed to many endpoint devices while isolating applications from each other and from the underlying operating system. Common use cases for ThinApp are:

•    Simplify Windows 7 migration—Migrate legacy applications that run on Internet Explorer 6 to 32- and 64-bit Windows 7 systems by packaging with ThinApp, to eliminate costly recoding, regression testing, and support costs.

•    Eliminate application conflicts—Isolate desktop applications from each other and from the underlying OS to avoid conflicts.

•    Reduce desktop storage costs—Add ThinApp packages to View desktops and leverage the View deployment to reduce desktop storage costs and streamline updates to endpoints.

•    Augment security policies—Deploy ThinApp packages on “locked-down” PCs and allow end users to run their favorite applications without compromising security.

•    Increase mobility for end users—Deploy, maintain, and update virtualized applications on USB sticks for ultimate portability.

Features

·         Agentless Application Virtualization

o   ThinApp requires no agent code on target devices.

o   Entire applications and their settings can be packaged 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.

o   Application 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.

·         Fast, Flexible Application Packaging

o   Package an application once and deploy it to desktops or servers (physical or virtual, 32- or 64-bit)running Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2008.

o   Upgrade existing ThinApp executables to incorporate new ThinApp runtime features quickly and easily without the need for associated project files.

·         Fast, Flexible Application Delivery

o   Automatically apply updates over the web to applications on unmanaged PCs and devices.

o   Deploy, maintain, and update applications on USB storage drives and thin client terminals.

o   Virtualize legacy applications that are supported on Windows 7 to 32- and 64-bit Windows 7 systems.

·         Seamless Integration with Existing Infrastructure

o   Zero-footprint architecture

o   ThinApp creates standard MSI and EXE packages that can be delivered through existing application deployment tools from Microsoft, BMC, HP, CA, Novell, Symantec, LANDesk, and others.

o   Support for Active Directory authentication—Add and remove ThinApp users from active Directory groups, and prevent unauthorized users from executing ThinApp packages.

Pricing* (may vary)

Description	Cost	Qty	Totals
VMware ThinApp 4.6 Suite + Production (24x7 for Severity 1 issues) 3 Year Support	$8,300.00	1	$8,300.00
VMware ThinApp 4.x Client License 100 Pack + Production (24x7 for Severity 1 issues) 3 Year Support	$3,154.00	3	$9,462.00
VMware ThinApp 4.x Client License 100 Pack + Basic (12x5) 3 Year Support	$2,953.36	3	$8,860.08

Note about Horizon Application Manager

VMware has announced the end of availability (“EOA”) of VMware ThinApp Client and Suite, effective on December 31st, 2013.  No further orders for VMware ThinApp will be accepted after this date.  ThinApp Customers with an active Support and Subscription contract will continue to receive support and maintenance through the end of support life as specified in the product lifecycle policies. ThinApp capabilities will still be available in VMware Horizon View, VMware Horizon Mirage, VMware Horizon Workspace, and VMware Horizon Suite. Read the FAQs for more information.

Horizon Application Manager is an enterprise-level, cloud-based application catalog and reporting mechanism that provides secure, managed user access to SaaS applications, federated web applications, and ThinApp virtualized Windows applications, all with a single secure sign-on. VMware Horizon provides a new management platform for entitling, deploying, and monitoring ThinApp packages.