For our application, we were initially interested in ThinApp because our end-users have no need to interact with anything other than our custom application.
However, we learned that ThinApp streams the custom application's binaries from the virtual server to the client workstation for execution on the local CPU.
This will not work for us because of software export restrictions.
Our application requires a solution that streams video only to the client workstation.
Can VMware View satisfy our requirement ?
If not, is there another VMware product that can satisfy our requirement ?
Thanks.
John Grandy
Thinapp packages will run on whatever OS is executing it, in view's case that would be the vm guest. If you need the application to be run on a totally different system, you need to look at either terminals services remote app or citrix.
Thanks for the response, but I think you are misunderstanding my question.
I am attempting to find a VMware technology that streams a video representation of a virtualized application session for display on a remote workstation -- as opposed to streaming the application binaries themselves for execution by the local workstation CPU ( as I believe ThinApp does ).
This is not an OS question. For the sake of discussion, let's assume that the only OS used by all servers and all workstations is Windows.
vmware thinapp on it's own streams the application to the local machine. However thinapp on virtual desktop or even locally installed on virtual desktop will only stream the video (or screen) down to end user for interaction only. hence it fulfill your requirements ..
johnagrandy wrote:
Thanks for the response, but I think you are misunderstanding my question.
I am attempting to find a VMware technology that streams a video representation of a virtualized application session for display on a remote workstation -- as opposed to streaming the application binaries themselves for execution by the local workstation CPU ( as I believe ThinApp does ).
This is not an OS question. For the sake of discussion, let's assume that the only OS used by all servers and all workstations is Windows.
What you are describing is what View does. View is a connection broker that directs the clients to their desktop. In most cases, a client would be connecting to a virtual machine desktop running in a server room somewhere. The client could be a dumb terminal or a windows pc running the view client, but the actual rendering would be happening on a server somewhere.
Thinapp is used for deploying applications easily or allowing them to run on operating systems they don't support. You can use thinapp with view or not use it all.
