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1. The Top Four Technical Issues
with XenApp Solved with Horizon
Anthony Davis, VMware
Bruce Perram, VMware
EUC5227
#VSVC5227

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Issue 1- User Experience on Shared Server Sessions
Some natively installed applications will not live together on
the same Xenapp/TS server
Opening applications that exist on different Xenapp/TS
Servers initiates an additional logon process
File associations that trigger applications installed on a
different Xenapp/TS server may not work properly or will
force another logon process
Profile corruption can occur when multiple sessions are
logged on
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Windows
Operating System
Physical
Registry
Physical
File System
Windows
Operating System
Physical
Registry
Physical
File System
Windows
Operating System
Physical
Registry
Physical
File System
Solution - Removing Application Conflict
ThinApp
Compressed Container (EXE)
Virtual OS (VOS)
Application
Registry Access
File Access
Virtual
Registry
Virtual
File System
Sandbox

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ThinApp on TS/Citrix XenApp
VMware ThinApp works on
Terminal Servers!
 Conflicting Apps can run on same Terminal
Server.
 No more server “Silos” for incompatible or high-
maintenance apps.
 Having all applications virtualised with Thinapp
and available from every server in the farm
means that applications will launch immediately
within the same shared session.
 File extension association will be consistent
across the server farm resulting in a better user
experience
 Clipboard mapping, atl tabbing, printing etc will
all work better in a single session
 Less chance of a corrupt roaming profile from a
single server session.

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Issue 2- Operational Management on Shared Server Sessions
Too much complexity in having different applications
published from siloed server farms
A single Xenapp/TS image to deploy
Support more users through efficient spread of users and
Thinapp memory sharing
Deployment capabilities like PVS are most optimized when
the server images are identical
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Leverage Virtualization for Better-than-Physical Security
 Issues
 “AV storms” can cause 100%
saturation in shared compute (CPU)
and SAN/NAS (storage I/O)
environments
 Traditional agents are resource
intensive - not optimized for high
utilization, efficient clouds
 Opportunities
 Leverage hypervisor to offload AV
functions from agents into a
dedicated security VM
 Deploy security in a more agile,
service-driven manner to both
private and public cloud
environments
VMware vSphere
Introspection
SVM
OS
Hardened
AV
VM
APP
OS
Kernel
BIOS
VM
APP
OS
Kernel
BIOS
VM
APP
OS
Kernel
BIOS

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Support More Users with VMware ThinApp Memory Sharing
 Memory Sharing
• Memory pages from one instance of an application are shared with other
instances of the same application
• Application packages must be run from the same
location
• Applies to shared, multiuser environments
such as Terminal Server
• Shared even when users are logged into
different sessions
• Example: Microsoft Office loads common DLLs
into different applications
• One copy of MSO.dll loaded for all Office apps
App
Instance
#2
App
Instance
#1
Shared Memory Page
Unique
Page
Unique
Page
Unique
Page

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Demo

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Issue 3 Endpoint (client) Management – Horizon Mirage
 Fully control and manage clients
 Repurpose PC’s
 In or out of Active Directory
 Control patching and security
 OS upgrades with no downtime
 Peripheral driver management
 Anti Virus management
 Local application delivery
• Browser, media player,
• CODEC’s, etc

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XenApp Client Delivery – Horizon Mirage and ThinApp
 Avoid errors and conflicts
 Isolate and deploy
receiver/ICA Client software
 Manage multiple client
versions on devices
 Different configurations for
different farms

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Deploy Receiver and Local Applications to PC’s with ThinApp
 Local apps
 Isolated local apps
 Remote apps

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DEMO

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Issue 4 – Change in Application Landscape and User Interaction
Application are moving to an OS neutral architecture
Commodity applications are being hosted in the cloud (SaaS)
Users want an applications on demand
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Change in Application Landscape
1996 2020
100%
0%
50%
25%
75%
OS Neutral
Windows
2011
Installed base of enterprise applications
CROSSOVER
POINT
Source: Gartner, 2011
300B app downloads
by 2016
of LOB apps
are SaaS80%
Sources: IDC 2012, Morgan Stanley 2011, Gartner 2012, Forrester 2012, Pew 2011

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OS Neutral Applications Are Becoming the Majority
Installed base of enterprise applications
Source: Gartner
Windows
OS
Neutral
A New
Approach
Is Required

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SaaS Applications
Virtual Desktops
App Management
App Publishing
User Data Mgmt
Collaborative Workspace
Cross-Platform Portal
Mobility and Offline
Enterprise App Store
End User Workspace
Directory FederationAD
License Tracking
Access Management
Admin Console
Easy Access to Applications with Horizon Workspace
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Demo

18. THANK YOU

20. The Top Four Technical Issues
with XenApp Solved with Horizon
Anthony Davis, VMware
Bruce Perram, VMware
EUC5227
#VSVC5227