This two day course will take you through the installation and configuration process of virtualizing ThinApp applications. Moreover you will obtain full product knowledge transfer at the end of the course including all new features of VMware ThinApp 4.6.

VMware ThinApp is able to execute applications without them being installed in the traditional sense by virtualizing resources such as environment variables, files and Windows Registry keys. The virtual environment presented to the client is a merged view of the underlying physical and virtual resources, thereby allowing the virtualization layer to fool the application into thinking that it is running as if it were fully installed.

VMware ThinApp does not have any pre-installed components and does not require the installation of device drivers allowing applications to run from USB keys or network shares without ever requiring Administrator rights. VMware ThinApp converts standard application installers such as .msi files into self-contained EXE files which includes everything required to run.

Also it is able to scan a system before and after an applications installation and create a portable executable based upon changes made to the systems files and registry. Unlike self-extracting ZIP files, ThinApp does not extract files to disk or require system registry changes in order to run applications.

Target Audience:

The target audience consists of IT support professionals who are new to VMware ThinApp application virtualization.

Pre-Requisites:

• Basic experience using a Microsoft Windows Operating System such as Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows 7
• Basic understanding of Microsoft based applications

Objectives in brief:

• Application Virtualization overview
• Sandboxing technology and Application updates
• Architecture and Design
• Platform migration to Windows 7 using VMware ThinApp
• ThinApp Application Sync (AppSync)
• ThinApp Application Link (AppLink)
• ThinApp DirectLink
• ThinApp Troubleshooting

Detailed objectives Day 1:

Application Virtualization overview:

• Introduction
• ThinApp overview, installation and configuration
• Proof of Concept: Showcasing How to package a supported application
• Proof of Concept: ThinApp practical packaging of client’s application

Sandboxing technology and Application updates:

• ThinApp application update overview, SBmerge and other Update methods
• ThinApp application delivery overview, MSI generation and ThinReg
• Proof of Concept: Showcasing How to update an existing supported application
• Proof of Concept: ThinApp practical updating an existing client’s application

Architecture and Design:

• ThinApp best practices setting up package machine baseline
• ThinApp best practices for integration with Fat Client, VDI and SBC concepts
• Proof of Concept: ThinApp practical building application delivery architecture

Platform migration to Windows 7 using VMware ThinApp:

• ThinApp Runtime management, Relink, Scripting, Compression
• Proof of Concept: ThinApp application delivery method’s

Detailed objectives Day 2:

ThinApp Application Sync (manage offline usage):

• ThinApp AppSync overview
• Proof of Concept: Showcasing How to configure ThinApp AppSync
• Proof of Concept: ThinApp practical updating an application using ThinApp AppSync

ThinApp Application Link (bubble-to-bubble intercommunication):

• ThinApp AppLink overview
• Proof of Concept: ThinApp practical linking client’s applications using ThinApp AppLink

ThinApp DirectLink:

• ThinApp DirectLink overview
• Proof of Concept: Showcasing How to manage Internet Browser control
• Proof of Concept: ThinApp practical manage Internet Browser control using ThinApp DirectLink

ThinApp Troubleshooting:

• ThinApp Troubleshooting overview, Log Monitor and other troubleshooting tools
• ThinApp best practices troubleshooting a ThinApp virtual application
• Proof of Concept: ThinApp practical virtual application troubleshooting
• ThinApp Questions and Answers

Deze training wordt verzorgd door VMware vExpert Edwin Friesen.