Application Virtualization with VMware ThinApp

This course will provide applications-oriented administrators with 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.

• Describe the 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

System administrators, application administrators, and solutions architects who need the knowledge and skills necessary for the successful deployment of virtualized applications

Module 1: Course Introduction

Module 2: VMware ThinApp Architecture

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

Module 3: Packaging Applications

• Capturing and virtualizing an application

Module 4: Modifying Package.ini Parameters

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

Module 5: Building Applications with Application Link

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

Module 6: 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

Module 7: Performance and Troubleshooting

• Performance considerations
• Troubleshooting ThinApp packages

Completion of the VMware View 4: Install, Configure, Manage course or the VMware ThinApp Fundamentals eLearning course.