Assign a ThinApp Application to Multiple Machines

You can assign a particular ThinApp to one or more machines.

Prerequisites

Scan an application repository and add selected ThinApp applications to Horizon Administrator. See Add ThinApp Applications to Horizon Administrator.

Procedure

1. In Horizon Administrator, select Catalog > ThinApps and select the ThinApp application.
2. Select Assign Machines from the Add Assignment drop-down menu.
   The machines that the ThinApp application is not already assigned to appear in the table.

   Option	Action
   Find a specific machine	Type the name of the machine in the Find text box and click Find.
   Find all of the machines that follow the same naming convention	Type a partial machine name in the Find text box and click Find.

3. Select the machines that you want to assign the ThinApp application to and click Add.
   You can press Ctrl+click or Shift+click to select multiple machines.
4. Select an installation type and click OK.

   Option	Action
   Streaming	Installs a shortcut to the application on the machine. The shortcut points to the application on the network share that hosts the repository. Users must have access to the network share to run the application.
   Full	Installs the full application on the machine's local file system.

   Some ThinApp applications do not support both installation types. How the application package was created determines which installation types are available.

Results

Horizon Administrator begins installing the ThinApp application a few minutes later. After the installation is finished, the application is available to all of the users of the desktops hosted by the virtual machines.