Run any version of virtually any application on a single operating system without conflicts. You can even run multiple versions of the same application. Plug VMware ThinApp, formerly known as Thinstall, into your existing management infrastructure and accelerate your software development and desktop deployment. Deliver and deploy applications more efficiently, more securely, and more cost-effectively with agentless application virtualisation.

• Package each application with its own DLL file and registry changes to eliminate installation conflicts

• Execute applications on locked-down PCs in 100% user mode

• Run applications from any media without needing admin privileges

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Product Variants - VMware ThinApp

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Variant		Price (Ex. VAT)		Man Part#		Availability
4.0 Media Kit		£35.54		THIN4-ENG-CP		5 working days		Add to Basket

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» VMware ThinApp Datasheet

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New Features

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What's new in ThinApp 4.5

New platform support

Support for both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 (32-bit and 64-bit) means that you can package up your legacy applications and can deploy them on Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2.

Relinking capabilities

Automatically upgrade your ThinApp based .exe and .msi files to use the latest version of the ThinApp runtime and package format so that they work correctly on Windows 7. This can significantly speed up the upgrade process of your existing ThinApp packages.

Enhanced MSI support

ThinApp now supports single MSI files that are larger than 2GB i.e. they do not require separate CAB or data files. This can help ease deployment and installation issues for your users. MSI installation is now also up to twice as fast.

OptimizeFor

Optimising for memory improvements can result in larger package sizes so you can optionally optimise for disks instead which will result in smaller package sizes but reduced memory optimisations.

Quality Reporting

You can now choose to seamlessly and anonymously send data about your virtual applications performance to VMware. This will help VMware to determine which applications work well and do not work well with ThinApp. Ultimately it will result in a better user experience for you and your end-users over time.

Registry Transaction Protection

Ensure the integrity of the registry file and eliminate potential data corruption due to crash or system failure by mapping to a backup registry file.

Support for Windows 7 AppLocker

Now if you whitelist a ThinApp package, any separate executables that run as a result of that package are also whitelisted.

And much more

• Startup time improvements for virtual applications
• Reduction in bandwidth usage for streaming applications
• Page file usage reductions (for VDI)
• Memory sharing improvements when using Terminal Server
• User interface improvements

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Features

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100% Agentless Application Virtualisation

• Application isolation. Isolated applications run in a virtual bubble in restricted user accounts without requiring any host modification. Deploy Office 97, 2003, 2007, and .NET applications on the same OS without conflict as the applications run independent of one another.

• Zero-runtime execution. With no installed agent, no footprint is left on the endpoint device. Applications run directly from the compressed state without first caching data to the hard disk, achieving better performance and security of data.

• 100% User Mode execution. Client runs on locked-down, unmanaged “kiosk' PCs without Admin rights to execute applications, enabling it to be used on managed and unmanaged PC.

• Block-by-block network streaming. Applications virtualised execute once the minimum amount of code required to run the application is available in the desktop’s memory. For example, less than 10% of Microsoft Office needs to be physically streamed to the client in order for it to run. LAN streaming has an average start-up time of just a few seconds.

• 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. If one instance of the application tries to make system-wide changes, other users running the same applications are not affected.

• 64-bit operating system support. Enables applications to be virtualised and run on 64-bit systems.

• Execution on thin clients. Tested and certified to run virtualised applications on Windows XP-based thin clients.

• Compatibility with a broad range of applications. Proven deployments on simple-to-complex applications ranging from basic Microsoft Office to custom applications with Java or .NET.

Conflict-free Application Delivery

• Active Directory integration. VMware ThinApp does not require any distribution, streaming, or activation servers or agents. It works with AD, ESD enforcement tools, and open protocols so no additional hardware, software licenses and ongoing maintenance costs for backend infrastructure is required.

• Execution from USB key with portable profiles/user settings. Enable a user to run critical applications from a USB key while maintaining corporate security requirements.

• Integration with 3rd-party application management solutions. Creates .MSI and/or .EXE file that plugs into existing electronic software delivery systems (Inventory, Configuration Management Database, Definitive Software Library, Packagers) without additional integrations required.

• Application Sync. Enables application updates for mobile users as well as third parties on the corporate extranet, ensuring availability of the latest version of the application, reducing patch risks to machines that are taken off the network. Update virtual applications via http/https over the LAN or WAN leveraging existing software delivery systems.

Simplified Application Packaging

• Application Link. Allows packaged applications to dynamically establish dependencies ('links') with other packaged applications. Administers create separate packages of interdependent components such as Java or .NET runtimes and the applications that rely on them. Each component is delivered independently while sharing resources across multiple ThinApp packages.

• Package it once, deliver to many. Execute a packaged application on Windows NT, Windows PE, or XP Embedded without retesting or repackaging the application for each operating system.

• System snapshots. Provides administrators with 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.

• ISV embeddable. Organisations can deliver their custom application throughout their extranet using VMware ThinApp application virtualisation technology.

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Subscriptions

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Please Note: Maintenance is mandatory on this product.

Basic Support

• 12x5 Mon-Fri support for 1, 2 or 3 years
• Unlimited support via phone or Web (target initial response time for severity 1 issues: 4 business hours)
• Online access to documentation and technical resources, knowledge base, discussion forums
• Product updates and upgrades
• Up to 4 support admins per contract

Production Support

• 24x7x365 support for 1, 2 or 3 years
• Unlimited support via phone or Web (target initial response time for severity 1 issues: 30 minutes)
• Online access to documentation and technical resources, knowledge base, discussion forums
• Product updates and upgrades
• Onsite Support for Exceptional Escalations
• Up to 6 support admins per contract

Per-Incident Support

• Buy as a single pack, 3 or 5 pack
• Provides support for a specific issue and may involve several interactions with technical support before resolution
• Please Note: VMware does not offer incident based support on all their products.