TrustRadius Insights for VMware ThinApp (discontinued) are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.
Business Problems Solved
Users have found ThinApp to be a valuable solution for isolating software from the operating system, allowing for easy application deployment and compatibility with legacy middleware applications. They appreciate the ability to package and virtualize applications with ThinApp, which enables them to grant access to software without including it in the base/parent golden image. This has streamlined their application management process and reduced compatibility issues.
Some customers have chosen ThinApp as their primary application virtualization solution, eliminating the need for additional application layering solutions. They have found that ThinApp is effective in virtualizing applications and their dependencies, providing a lightweight solution for deployment. The integration of Click and Run Apps with Res Workspace Manager ONE makes installation of ThinApp compatible applications easy and efficient.
ThinApp has been effective in virtualizing applications and their dependencies, providing a lightweight solution for deployment. Users have utilized ThinApp to enable the running of web-based applications on different versions of Internet Explorer, ensuring compatibility and smooth operation. Multiple frameworks and runtimes have been successfully packaged and embedded with specific applications using ThinApp, without impacting locally installed apps.
Overall, users have found ThinApp to be a reliable tool for isolating and virtualizing applications, simplifying management processes, improving compatibility, and enabling seamless operation across different environments. It has proven to be a valuable solution for both individual users and organizations seeking an efficient way to deploy and manage applications.
We have some web-based applications that will only run in Internet Explorer 8, and these are required to run alongside other web-based applications that run on Internet ExpIrer 11. Without VMWare ThinApp, this would not be possible. I also run Dameware with ThinApp, and it runs flawlessly.
Pros
Virtualizes applications for easy deployment
Allows you to run two versions of the same software at the same time.
Outstanding customer support
Cons
I have had difficulty Thinapping Office 2013
Several applications are trial and error as they fail often, with little to no documentation
Price could be cheaper
Likelihood to Recommend
VMware ThinApp is ideal for a business that is still using PCs over Thin Clients because often times when using web-based applications there are some that simply will not run in Internet Explorer 11. ThinApped packages are also much easier to deploy as the packages that I make, all you need to do is simply copy the folder into Program Files.