VMware THINAPP 4.6 - Requirements and Recommendations for Streaming Packages

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Figure 3-2. Application Streaming
Requirements and Recommendations for Streaming Packages
ThinAppdoesnotrequirespecificserversoftwaretoprovidestreamingcapability.AnyWindowsfileshare,
NASdevice,orSMBsharecanprovidethiscapability.Theamountofdatathatneedstotransferbeforethe
applicationcanbeginrunningvariesforeachapplication.MicrosoftOfficerequiresthatonlyafractionofthe
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packagecontentsstreambeforeanapplicationcanrun.
VMwarerecommendsthatyouuseThinAppstreaminginaLAN‐basedenvironmentwithaminimumof
100MBnetworks.ForWANandInternetdeploymentsthatinvolvefrequentorunexpecteddisconnections,
VMwarerecommendsoneofthefollowingsolutions:
 UseaURLtodeploytheapplications.
 Useadesktopdeploymentsolutiontopushthepackagetothebackground.Allowtheapplicationtorun
onlyaftertheentirepackagedownloads.
Thesesolutionsreducefailuresandeliminatesituationsinwhichtheapplicationrequiresunstreamed
portionsduringanetworkoutage.Acompanywithmanybranchofficestypicallydesignatesoneapplication
repositorythatmirrorsacentralsharedfolderateachbranchoffice.Thissetupoptimizeslocalperformance
forclientmachineslocatedateachbranchoffice.
Security Recommendations for Streaming Packages
VMwarerecommendsthatyoumakeacentralshareddirectoryforthepackageread‐only.Userscanreadthe
packagecontentsbutnotchangetheexecutablefilecontents.Whenapackagestreamsfromasharedlocation,
ThinAppstoresapplicationchangesintheusersandbox.Thedefaultsandboxlocationis
%AppData%\Thinstall\<application_name>.You
canconfigurethesandboxlocationatruntimeorat
packagetime.
Acommonconfigurationistoplacetheusersandboxonanothercentralstoragedevice.Theusercanuseany
computerandkeepindividualapplicationsettingsatacentralshare.Whenpackagesstreamfromacentral
share,theyremainlockeduntil
allusersexittheapplication.
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