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Take advantage of client hardware resources
Even though App-V applications are
not installed locally, they can use the local computer's processor and RAM resources.
In environments where client computers have inadequate hardware resources, this can
lead to a better experience for the user than running applications on a Remote
Desktop Session Host server would.
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Enable users to use roaming applications
If applications are streamed rather than
locally installed, users can sign in to any computer that has an App-V client installed
and quickly access their application. You can also configure App-V to work with
Microsoft User Experience Virtualization to allow users to have application settings for
App-V applications roam across client computers.
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Give users quick access to their applications
Because the application is streamed,
access is faster than if the application is fully deployed from the server after the user
is signed in. Depending on how you configure App-V, only some parts of the applica-
tion prepared with App-V might be downloaded to the client computer. This means
the user can start using an application without waiting for the entire application to be
streamed from the server. App-V application components can be stored in a nonvola-
tile cache, so an App-V application can run when a computer is offline and cannot
access the server from which it originally streamed the application.
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Increase security for sensitive applications
You can also configure the App-V
client through Group Policy to ensure that applications can be run only when the
computer is online. You can use Group Policy to provide sensitive applications to users
in environments where employees are using their personal devices while ensuring that
these sensitive applications are not available when the user leaves the organization
premises.
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MORE INFO
APP-V 5.0 OVERVIEW
You can learn more about App-V 5.0 at
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows
Sequencing enables you to create a special version of a normal application that can run in the
virtual environment the App-V client provides. In the sequencing process, the Application
Virtualization Sequencer records all the modifications the application makes to files and set-
tings during installation.
For example, when you install an application, sequencing writes program files to a particu-
lar directory, writes entries to the registry, and creates or modifies initialization (.ini) files and
environment variables. The sequencing process records all the information necessary to run
the program within the environment the App-V client provides.
