VMware THINAPP 4.6 - 3 Deploying Applications; Thinapp Deployment Options; Deploying Thinapp with Deployment Tools; Deploying Thinapp in the Vmware View Environment

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Deployingcapturedapplicationsinvolvesworkingwithdeploymenttools,thethinreg.exeutility,MSIfiles,
andActiveDirectory.
Thisinformationincludesthefollowingtopics:
 “ThinAppDeploymentOptions”onpage 39
 “EstablishingFileTypeAssociationswiththethinreg.exeUtility”onpage 40
 “BuildinganMSIDatabase”onpage 43
 “ControllingApplicationAccesswithActiveDirectory”onpage 45
 “StartingandStoppingVirtualServices”onpage 46
 “UsingThinAppPackagesStreamedfromtheNetwork”onpage 47
 “UsingCapturedApplicationswithOtherSystemComponents”onpage 49
 “SampleIsolationModeConfigurationDependingonDeploymentContext”onpage 51
ThinApp Deployment Options
Youcandeploycapturedapplicationswithdeploymenttools,inaVMwareView™environment,ona
networkshare,orasbasicexecutablefiles.
Deploying ThinApp with Deployment Tools
Mediumandlargeenterprisesoftenusemajordeploymenttools,suchasSymantec,BMC,andSMStools.
ThinAppworkswithallmajordeploymenttools.
Whenyouuseanyofthesetools,youcancreateMSIfilesforthecapturedapplicationsandfollowthesame
processyouusetodeploynativeMSIfiles.
Seedeploymentinstructionsfromthetoolvendors.Forinformation
aboutMSIfiles,see“BuildinganMSIDatabase”onpage 43.
Deploying ThinApp in the VMware View Environment
YoucanuseVMwareViewtodistributeThinApppackages.
Theworkflowfordeployingpackagesmightinvolvethefollowingtasks:
 Creatingexecutablefilesforthecapturedapplications.
 Storingtheexecutablefilesonanetw orkshare.
Deploying Applications
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