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SolvingDesktopChallenges
with Application Virtualisation
Ron van Herk | Solutions Consultant | Feb 24 - 2016
What if….
• I need IE8 to connect to my CRM system• but want to move to Windows 10
• I need to run JAVA Applets• but do not have the correct JVM on the workstations
• but my browser doesn’t allow JAVA applets anymore
• I to access two different databases• but they require a different Oracle client versions to be used
Or maybe….
• I just want to make distributing applications more easy
• I want to allow home users to access corporate applications
• I want to provide applications to students / home workers
What is 'Application Virtualisation'
Desktop Hardware
Application Conflicts
E-mail clients Office Suites
Browser Plugins Run Times
Web Browsers Doc. Readers
Applications
Windows OS
Desktop Hardware
Windows OS
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The ROI Factor
•60% savings on
application testing, packaging and support
•5-7% saving of overall application management
Source: Gartner April 2008,
ID#G00155897
Traditional Installations Application Virtualisation
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What is 'Application Virtualisation'
•Separate the application in a isolated unit• Easy to deploy
• Easy to remove
•Different isolated applications can’t see each other• No version conflicts
• Ability to run different versions of the same application
• Ability to run different supporting components (JAVA / .Net)
Intuitive Design Studio
Graphical interface, extremely easy to handle
Backup / Recovery of the virtualization projects
Capture Before / Capture After process
Many applications templates provided
MSI files management
No license for the instances of the studio
Files
Clear and intuitive menus
Registry
Two Ways to Access Applications
• 1. Using the Standalone EXE• Installation on the desktop / ZENworks
• Associate file extensions
• Startmenu icons
• Run from network share or USB device
Two Ways to Access Applications
• 2. Provisioning via a web interface
ZENworks® ApplicationVirtualization Server
End User Facing ZENworks Application Virtualization Server Capabilities
• Application Portal
• Provides the end-user a simple to use web interface for accessing all of their virtual applications
• Access to applications is based on permissions granted to the user
• Authentication via LDAP to Active Directory and/or eDirectory
End User Facing ZENworks® Application Virtualization Server Capabilities
• ZAV Plug-in
• Lightweight
• Streams / downloads application from the web server
• Automatically synchronizes application sandbox as the user moves between machines
• Allows user to register applications to their desktop
• Allows user to enable folder synchronization on their device(s)
Administrator Facing ZENworks Application Virtualization Server Capabilities
• License metering• Configure ZAV server to deliver a virtual app to a limited
number of• Unique devices / users
• Concurrent devices / users
• If you are using ZAM consideradding a manual consumptionrecord indicating that you havegiven n licenses to ZAV tomanage
Administrator Facing ZENworks Application Virtualization Server Capabilities
• Usage tracking
• View the most used applications, start and stops of each session, total duration for each application or session
Administrator Facing ZENworks Application Virtualization Server Capabilities
• User sources• Configure ZAV Server to use local authentication OR LDAP
based authentication
• Simple to import existing SVMs
• Profile and model applications from any device that can access the admin portal
• Easily re-optimize applications one streaming profiles have been created
• Support for multiple server environments