This VMware software encapsulates applications inside a Virtual OS that transparently merges a virtual system environment with the real system environment.
Run any version of virtually any application on a single operating system without conflicts. You can even run multiple versions of the same application.
Plug VMware ThinApp into your existing management infrastructure and accelerate your software development and desktop deployment. Deliver and deploy applications more efficiently, more securely, and more cost-effectively with agentless application virtualization.
- Package each application with its own DLL file and registry changes to eliminate installation conflicts
- Execute applications on locked-down PCs in 100% user mode
- Run applications from any media without needing admin privileges
VMware ThinApp Features:
- OS Migrations. Quickly migrate your legacy applications to Windows by eliminating the need to recode, retest, and recertify. Faster deployments with less testing mean your business applications will be in production sooner, minimizing downtime and reducing business risks. To make things even easier, you can automatically convert silent-installed applications to ThinApp packages.
- Application Isolation. Package an entire 32-bit or 64-bit application and its settings into a single. MSI or. EXE executable that can be deployed to many Windows operating environments. These virtual applications are isolated from each other and execute independently without making changes to the underlying operating system. That eliminates application-to-application conflict as well as application-to-OS conflicts.
- Server Consolidation. The traditional IT model of one application per server requires dedicated hardware for specific applications that cannot coexist, whether for technical reasons or concerns about data isolation. VMware ThinApp eliminates these application silos for better use of existing assets while making your applications easier to manage and deploy.
- Security. With VMware ThinApp, applications can run in restricted user accounts on locked-down PCs with no system changes and without reducing the security policy. ThinApp has no kernel-mode code, and so cannot violate machine group policy applied to user accounts. This makes virtualized packages safe to deploy in environments where security and stability are vital.
- Mobility. Whether on the road or in the office, users require reliable and flexible application access on virtually any computer they have access to, including kiosk and hotel PCs. With VMware ThinApp, they won’t need to install software or device drivers and don’t need admin rights. Applications run directly from portable storage devices, including Flash drives.
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Operating Systems
You can install ThinApp on the following operating systems:
32-bit Windows platforms
- Microsoft Windows 8
- Microsoft Windows 8.1
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008
- Microsoft Windows 7
- Microsoft Windows 10, version 21H2 and earlier
- Microsoft Windows 11, version 21H2
64-bit Windows platforms
- Microsoft Windows 8
- Microsoft Windows 8.1
- Microsoft Windows 2012 R2
- Microsoft Windows 2008 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016
- Microsoft Windows Server 2019
- Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows 10, version 21H2 and earlier
- Microsoft Windows 11, version 21H2
Applications and Systems
- 16-bit applications running on 32-bit Windows 7
- 32-bit applications running on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows OS
- Terminal Server and Citrix XenApp
ThinApp supports Japanese applications that are captured and run on Japanese operating systems.