Delivering Applications with VMware App Volumes 4: Delivering Application Layers to Virtual Desktops Using VMware

© Peter von Oven 2021

P. von OvenDelivering Applications with VMware App Volumes 4 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6689-2_1

1. Introduction to App Layering and VMware App Volumes

Peter von Oven¹  

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Wiltshire, UK

 

Application layering is a software-based technology solution that delivers applications to endpoint devices. It does this by capturing or containerizing just the application, including the application files and settings, and storing that on a virtual hard disk – hence the use of the word container. The virtual hard disk is often referred to as the container or in some cases the application package or application layer. This means you have abstracted the applications from the underlying operating system, and they are in a format whereby ...