VMware ThinApp – Application Virtualisation
Rogan Mallon
Technical Pre-sales
Confidential
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Windows 7 migration in the physical world using ThinApp
Audit/Assessment
Audit/Assessment
Restore
Restore
User/Application
User/Application
Data and Train
Data
Train Up to 27% saving
users
users
in cost and 40% on
time
Application
Application
compatibility and
compatibility
and
Remediation
Remediation
vs.
Physical only
Hardware/Software
Hardware/Software
Acquisition
Acquisition
Test &
& Deploy
Deploy
Test
OS
OS +App+Driver
+App+Driver
installation
installation
•ThinApp
has
no
•No
install
order
Assessment
tools
•No
application
compatibility
•Application
data
isare
stored in
•Test
new or
virtualised
infrastructure
dependencies
available
issues
the
sandbox on
asrequirements
files
applications
the existing
OS,
no
tocontext
wait &making
•No profile
server,
storage
•Smaller
base
image
•Capacity
Planner
•Runs
inneed
user
so no it
•No
migration
tool
dependency
software
licenses
more
flexible
and group
easier
to
ACL
changes
required
•Deploy
toSoftware
a Pilot
•Lakeside
manage
without
affecting
their
•ThinApp
has
noapplications
agentcurrent
•No
install
issues
•Deploy
Legacy
applications
•Less complex
build
process
to
OS means
less
training
•Nonew
application
dependency
•Dependencies
andtoconflicts
issues
•Deploy
new apps
old OS
either
no
longer
exist
or are
means smoother
migration
•Smaller
test
matrix
more easily managed, so the
•Run
old
and
new
applications
testing
matrix
is much
smaller
•Virtualize
applications
first
side
by
side
(SxS)
before
recode
•Deploytrying
usingtoexisting
•Maintain
application
framework,
or login script or
•Reduced
application
functionality
– Excel Macros!
MSI
upgrades
•Remove with zero footprint
Based on 2000 desktop migration with 250 applications
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VMware ThinApp – Application Virtualisation
Operating System
Independent of OS
Application
Application
App Files
App Files
Simplifies image
management
Streamlines application
patching
Reduces Storage Costs
Application
Rich SDK for Software
management vendors
Application
sandbox
VOS
sandbox
VOS
Strengthens security
Operating System
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Demo 1
Remove application
compatibility issues, run
different versions SxS
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Demo 2
Package once,
Deploy many
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Demo 3
Seamless Upgrade
and Deployment
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Demo 4
Deploy Legacy
applications
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Migrate to Windows 7 with Vmware ThinApp – Outcomes
Strategic benefits
Migration Benefits
•Save up to 50% of cost by
migrating to Win7
• Next generation composite desktop
architecture delivered from the
internal cloud
• Double the speed of migration
• Save up to 27% with Application
remediation with ThinApp
• Improved ongoing operational costs
up to 50% and single image
management
• Keep legacy apps
• User Centric architecture
• Reduce application remediation
• Break the bonds between OS
upgrades and application upgrades –
they aren’t mutually exclusive!
•Package once, deploy many
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Quick & Easy Windows 7 Migration With ThinApp
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