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In this course, applications-oriented administrators will gain the knowledge and skills to virtualize Windows applications with VMware® ThinApp™, modify the Package.ini parameters to handle special circumstances, and choose the best deployment and updating processes for their environment.

Highlights

• Major components of the ThinApp architecture
• Modify Package.ini parameters to increase the variety and complexity of applications that can be virtualized
• Use Application Link to dynamically link application components like Microsoft .NET to multiple applications
• Use Application Sync to update applications deployed from servers
• Troubleshoot problems with ThinApp packages

Course Outline

1. VMware ThinApp Architecture

• Architecture that supports a virtualized application
• Relationships between the ThinApp runtime, the virtual file system, and the virtual registry

2. Packaging Applications

• Capturing and virtualizing an application

3. Modifying Package.ini Parameters

• Entry points, access control, and isolation parameters
• The sandbox folder and the sbmerge.exe utility

4. Building Applications with Application Link

• Application Link features
• Application Link parameters in the Package.ini file

5. Deploying and Updating Applications

• EXE files versus MSI files for local application deployment
• Streaming applications from servers
• Using the versioning model to update applications
• Using Application Sync to update applications

6. Performance and Troubleshooting

• Performance considerations
• Troubleshooting ThinApp packages

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