Chapter 8. Delivering ThinApp Packages with App Volumes

In this chapter, for those that have not used this solution before, we will start by discussing what the ThinApp solution is and what it offers. We will then go on to look at the use cases and how and why you would deliver ThinApp packaged applications with App Volumes.

Once we have described the technology and the use cases, we will go on to look at a couple of scenarios: how to create and deliver a new ThinApp package, including how to create a simple package, and then how to deliver existing ThinApp packages with App Volumes.

What is ThinApp?

Let's quickly start off by describing what ThinApp is for those of you who are new to the technology or don't know that much about it.

ThinApp is an ...

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