Chapter 9. Implementing VMware App Volumes

VMware App Volumes is a standalone component of VMware Horizon Enterprise edition that extends two new capabilities to virtual desktops:

• Deliver natively installed applications on demand, independent of the desktop image, using shared App Volumes AppStacks.

• Seamlessly roam user-installed applications between Horizon client sessions, even in non-persistent desktop environments using App Volumes Writable Volumes.

App Volumes uses vSphere VMDK files to enable transparent, on-demand, application portability without making any permanent changes to the virtual desktop. Applications are delivered and maintained using the App Volumes function and appear as if they were natively installed, because technically speaking they were. When used in combination with the software described in Chapter 8, Implementing VMware User Environment Manager , you have the ability to provide a persistent desktop experience using non-persistent desktops, without having to buy any...