Hi All
I havent used ThinApp yet but I am currently at a descision point with regards application aspects within environments.
Ultimately we will be moving to a VMware Horizon environment but currently there is a requirement to deploy some applications to desktops.
My questions are this:
Can Thinapp deploy to standard Windows Desktops non virtualised
Can thinapp deal with MS Office deployments easily
Thanks in advance
Yes, Thinapp can be used with non-virtual computers.
Deploying MS Office through Thinapp is possible, but can be tricky - what scenario are we looking at, exactly?
Yes, Thinapp can be used with non-virtual computers.
Deploying MS Office through Thinapp is possible, but can be tricky - what scenario are we looking at, exactly?
Yes, ThinApp can be deployed to non-VDI Windows desktops.
MS Office 2003, 2007, 2010 etc can be packaged and deployed as well.
Not entirely sure at the moment as it changes frequently.
Probably user role based access to diff parts of the office suite so i'm assuming that would translate to diff packages per Word, Excell etc element?
In that case, you may ThinApp individual Office components like Word, Powerpoint etc
You could create one big Office package and then use PermittedGroups on each Entry Point to entitle users to different applications in the Office suite.
Honestly, I'm not a fan of either method.
Putting each component in its own package prevents them from talking to each other.
Using restrictions on the entry points of one large "everything" package will only stop use of the entry points - users can still "cross over" from one app to another. It also makes the package very large.
IMO, the "correct" method would be to build one package for each Office configuration - which is, of course, far more work; and users switching from one version to another will, of course, lose their settings, because they are stored in the old sandbox...
In my mind then, The easiest method would be a single package and limit users access to parts of it.
This results in the biggest download though so potentially an issue dependant on networking.
Individual packages makes good sense from a smaller footprint size but i can see this getting messy with 5 seperate packages for example?
Various combinations of word excell etc inside diff packages to me would seem a bit of a nightmare to manage?
Thanks for your help all
