VMware ThinApp Tutorial: Deploying a ThinApp Application

Deploying a ThinApp application to VMware View is a straightforward process that requires some basic configuration and setup. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps of deploying a ThinApp application using Vmware View Administrator.

The first step in deploying a ThinApp application is to create an MSI package for your application. If you have already packaged a ThinApp application, you must assign the MSI package to VMware View, not the actual ThinApp package.

To begin, log in to your VMware View Administrator and navigate to the View Configuration section. From here, click on ThinApp Configuration to access the ThinApp repository settings.

Next, we need to add a ThinApp repository to our view configuration. To do this, select Scan New ThinApps from the drop-down menu and choose the ThinApp repository that you created earlier. This should be a basic Windows share that holds the Thinapp MSI package.

Once you have selected your ThinApp repository, click on Add Repository and enter a Display Name, the share path to your Thinapp applications, and a description for your repository. In this example, I have created a share on my domain controller called 'thinapp'.

After adding your ThinApp repository, we can now deploy our ThinApp application to Vmware View. To do this, select the MSI package that you created earlier (in this case, Mozilla Firefox 4.0.1) and click Scan.

By following these steps, you should now have successfully deployed a Thinapp application using Vmware View Administrator. Remember to assign the MSI package to Vmware View, not the actual ThinApp package, if you have already packaged your application.

This tutorial has guided you through deploying a ThinApp application to Vmware View. If you haven't already packaged an application using Thinapp, please see our tutorial on creating a VMware ThinApp for more information.

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