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C D H
C D HApplication Virtualization
Smackdown
February 2011
C D H Quick Facts
About Us• 21st Year• Grand Rapids &
Royal Oak• 30 Staff
Approach• Vendor Neutral• Non-reseller• Professional
Services Only
Partnerships• Microsoft Gold
• Central Region Client Experience Award Winner
• VMware Enterprise• Cisco Premier• Novell Platinum• Citrix Silver
C D H
Infrastructure
Access & Identity Management
Expertise
Project Management
Collaboration
C D H Talks TechC D H
C D H Your Presenters
• Eric InchVCP, MCITP, [email protected]
• Jason CooperVCP, MCITP, [email protected]
C D H Agenda
• Overview• Benefits• Business Case• Vendors
– VMware– Microsoft
• Best Practice• Summary
C D H Overview
• What is application virtualization?• Isolated containers for applications
– OS, registry, file system– Redirection
• No traditional installation• Streaming or deployed
C D H Benefits
• Decreased application packaging time• Decreased testing time• Faster application deployment
– Deployed to new workstations– Patching/updates
• Reduction in help desk calls• Improved security
– Isolation from underlying OS– Local Administrator
• Run incompatible applications side-by-side• Simplified operating system migrations
C D H Business Case
• 31% less time for application creation• 20% reduction in deployment• 29% less time managing and updating• 18% less help desk / IT support
C D H Vendors
• VMware• Microsoft• Citrix• Symantec• Others
– Endeavours– Novell– Spoon– Unidesk– InstallFree
C D H VMware
• VMware overview• Server virtualization• Desktop virtualization• Application virtualization
– ThinApp– Acquisition of Thinstall
• Other products– SRM, Capacity IQ, Chargeback, AppSpeed,
Configuration Manager, vCloud Director, Service Manager, Zimbra
C D H VMware ThinApp
• Agentless• No server infrastructure• Deploy vs. Stream• Thinreg• AppLink• AppSync• Side-by-Side upgrade
C D H Microsoft
• Microsoft overview• Server virtualization• Desktop virtualization• Application virtualization
– System Center– Acquisition of SoftGrid
• Other products– SCCM, SCOM, SCSM, DPM, VMM, Windows 7,
Windows Server 2008, RDS, SQL, RMS, ForeFront, Office
C D H Microsoft App-V
• Kernel Mode• Part of MDOP (EA)• Distributed Server Infrastructure• 64-Bit Applications• Windows Services• Feature Blocks• Shared Cache• SCCM Integration• Dynamic Suite Composition
C D H ThinApp Components
C D H ThinApp Execution
• Block streaming into memory• Starts and continues streaming
• Pages shared between sessions
C D H ThinApp Demo
C D H App-V Components
C D H App-V Components
C D H App-V Demo
C D H App-V Execution
C D H ThinApp Setup Capture
• Prescan – Scan pristine station• Installation – Install software and
configurations• Postscan – Scan station for changes• Configure – All project settings• Build – Build the
ThinApp application package from project files
C D H App-V Sequencing
• Installation monitoring• Reboot handling• Application installation partition (Q:)• Virtual File System• Virtual Registry• Primary Feature Block• OSD and SPRJ
C D H App-V Demo
C D H ThinApp Package.ini
• Brains of the project• Compression• Isolation• Build options
– MSI Parameters– AppSync– Sandbox name and path– AppLinks– Permitted Groups
C D H App-V OSD and SFT files
C D H App-V OSD and SFT files
C D HThinApp
Compression & Isolation• Compression
– Fast– None
• Isolation– Merged– WriteCopy– Full
• Optimize– Memory– Disk
Compression Type
None Fast
Size 448,616KB 257,373KB
Compression ratio
100% 57%
Startup time (first run)
6 seconds 6 seconds
Startup time (second run)
0.1 seconds 1 seconds
Build time (first build)
3 minutes 19 minutes
Build time (second build)
2 minutes 1.2 minutes
C D H App-V RTSP and Streaming
• ZLIB with 40%+ compression ratio• MSI files• RTSPS
– 20% – 30% slower than RTSP• Both RTSP and RTSPS fail to native file
system
C D H ThinApp AppLink
• Linking dependent applications to main app
• Optional and required• Dependencies loaded into memory
– As listed in Package.ini– Wildcard loaded alphabetically
C D HApp-V Dynamic
Suite Composition • Application Virtualization Dynamic Suite
Composition Tool – GUI interface to OSD
C D H ThinApp Updating
• Side-by-Side– Adobe.dat– Adobe.1– Adobe.2
• AppSync– HTTP/HTTPS or UNC– Remotely update deployed applications– Block level update
• Sbmerge– Merge sandbox contents into project
C D H
C D H ThinApp Demo
C D H App-V Updating
• Adds additional package (SFT) to App-V• Seamless upgrade on next launch
C D H ThinApp Converter
• Ability to convert MSI for installation into ThinApp package
• ThinAppConverter.ini
C D H ThinApp ThinDirect
• Web browser redirection– Associate web pages with different browsers
• Internet Explorer 6• ThinDirect.ini
C D H App-V Integration Points
• SCCM• RDS• Virtual Services
C D H ThinApp EditionsThinApp Enterprise ThinApp Starter
ThinApp Packager Multi User License Single User LicenseThinApp Client Multi Client License Single Client LicenseThinApp ScriptingWindows 7 SupportIE 6 supportReLinkThinApp ConverterAppLinkAppSyncAD IntegrationThinDirectMSI support
C D H Microsoft EA / MDOP
C D H ROI / TCO
• VMware ThinApp ROI/TCO Calculator– http://roitco.vmware.com/ThinApp/
• Microsoft Integrated Virtualization ROI Tool– https://roianalyst.alinean.com/microsoft/virtualization/
C D H Best Practice
• ThinApp Deployment Guide– http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/VMware_ThinApp_Dep
loyment_Guide.pdf
• Best practices to use for sequencing in Microsoft App-V– http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932137/
C D H ThinApp Limitations
• No reporting• Concurrent licensing• Price
– Included with View Premier• 16 and 32-Bit only. No 64-Bit
C D H App-V Limitations
• Complex infrastructure• Cannot virtualize Internet Explorer• DSC sequencing• Need to maintain agent updates
C D H Upcoming Briefings
• Migrating to SharePoint 2010– Wednesday, March 23rd – C/D/H Grand Rapids– Thursday, March 24th – C/D/H Royal Oak
• Views from the UC Summit– Wednesday, April 27th – C/D/H Grand Rapids– Thursday, April 28th – C/D/H Royal Oak
• Office 365: The latest and greatest in cloud – Wednesday, May 18th – C/D/H Grand Rapids– Thursday, May 19th – C/D/H Royal Oak
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