With Horizon 7 , you have several options regarding application provisioning: You can use traditional application provisioning techniques, you can provide published applications rather than a remote desktop, you can distribute application packages created with VMware ThinApp , you can deploy applications as part of a View Composer or instant clone base image, or you can attach applications using App Volumes.
Deploying Individual Applications Using an RDS Host Deploying Applications and System Updates with View Composer Deploying Applications and System Updates with Instant Clones Managing VMware ThinApp Applications in Horizon Administrator Deploying and Managing Applications Using App Volumes Using Existing Processes or VMware Mirage for Application Provisioning Horizon 7 , you can continue to use the application provisioning techniques that your company currently uses, and you can use Mirage . Two additional considerations include managing server CPU usage and storage I/O and determining whether users are permitted to install applications.
