VMware Horizon Mobile Secure Workplace User Installed Applications Support with Liquidware Labs HOW-TO GUIDE

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1 VMware Horizon Mobile Secure Workplace User Installed Applications Support with Liquidware Labs HOW-TO GUIDE

2 Solution Overview ProfileUnity FlexApp offers true user virtualization and user-installed applications which is a central component of the VMware Horizon Mobile Secure Workplace architecture as it untethers users from devices and allows them access to desktops, data and resources based on their identity for an Any Time, Any Where, Any Device work model. Figure 1: ProfileUnity FlexApp Benefits 2

3 Architecture & Design ProfileUnity FlexApp leverages existing Windows desktop infrastructure and network storage to provide: Profile portability, access to user-authored data, context-aware configuration, and delivery of user installed applications for non-persistent VMware Horizon View desktops. There are no dedicated SQL or IIS servers needed. The solution can be installed in less than one hour. Figure 2: ProfileUnity FlexApp Architecture 3

4 Validation Result Using ProfileUnity s Guided Configuration Wizard, your VMware Horizon Mobile Secure Workplace desktops, and any other Windows desktop that is applied, will experience the following: Profile Portability VMware users will have a follow-me persona that is dynamically applied at every login in a Windows 7/8 format or a Windows XP format. Users can co-exist physical and VMware Horizon View desktop personas and even log in simultaneously to more than one Windows session with the same profile. User-Authored Data Migration If ProfileUnity with FlexApp is first installed to a legacy desktop environment, it will harvest user-authored data from key folders, including My Documents and the users Desktop. FlexApp If this option is chosen at setup, the user will have the ability to install their own applications in non-persistent Horizon View environments. Applications are saved to a VHD or a VMware Persistent Disk and follow the user at subsequent logons. Figure 3: ProfileUnity Installation and Configuration Wizard 4

5 Design Components ProfileUnity with FlexApp can be downloaded instantly on Liquidware Labs web site at It is available as a standalone Windows installer package or as a Virtual Appliance. 1. ProfileUnity Standalone (option at top of image) A Windows installer package consisting of approximately 50MB that can be installed on to any Windows server or desktop. No virtual infrastructure is required. 1. OR 2. Liquidware Labs Stratusphere Virtual Appliance (options at bottom of image) One virtual appliance with all of Liquidware Labs desktop transformation solutions. 2. Figure 4: Installation Options You may choose either option; both versions have the same features. Some customers choose the Virtual Appliance because they prefer that method and they may be considering other products from Liquidware Labs. Other customers choose the Standalone method because it may be the only product from Liquidware Labs that they need, they may not readily have an available virtual server for the appliance, or they prefer the lightweight 50MB download. A complete Quick Start and Evaluation Guide is readily available on the Liquidware Labs VMware Horizon Mobile Secure Workplace landing page or at the Liquidware Labs Support page at For more information visit 5

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