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'

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What is 'Application Virtualisation'

Desktop Hardware

Application Conflicts

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Browser Plugins Run Times

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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

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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)

How do we get there?

Virtual App Architecture

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

Application Virtualisation Studio

Application Virtualisation Studio

Application Delivery

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

Application Virtualisation 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

Thank you