Long Awaited VMware Thinapp Factory is now available

For those of you familiar with VMware EUC strategies you will no doubt be aware of a concept called ThinApp Factory that makes the creation of ThinApp applications easier. VMware last week have now announced this virtual appliance is now available.

The virtual appliance brings centralised administration and automation to the process of creating virtualised Windows applications. ThinApp Factory uses vSphere API's to create workloads that automatically convert fileshares of application installers into ThinApp application containers.

These workloads can be run in parallel to maximize throughput and increase ROI for virtualisation projects.

The IT department can leverage 'Recipes' during the packaging process. Recipes are simply small JSON files, which contain a redistributable blueprint of the customisations and optimisations necessary for packaging complex applications.

These recipes can be created and now exchanged freely with other customers via the ThinApp Packaging Community site.

In essence ThinApp factory allows you with a few mouse clicks to create ThinApp packages from a directory full of MSI's, which really improves the time to market of your project.

The integration with Horizon Application Manager also provides an quicker path to Horizon enable your applications and populate the Horizon Application Catalog.

Key Features:

Automates packaging of application installers into virtualised Windows applications

Leverages vSphere,vCenter for automation of workloads to efficiently package applications

Provides and utilises ‘Recipes’ as redistributable blueprints for application packaging

Provides a lightweight web UI with a dashboard for administrators to use for the entire workflow of packaging to distribution

Enables administrators to import and edit existing ThinApp projects and modify package.ini, registry, and file settings through the web UI

Integration with Horizon Application Manager application catalog for automated population of application metadata and deployment

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