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ZENworks Application Virtualization Features

Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization comes with powerful functionality that reduces cost and delivers software to users in record time.


Feature Highlights

New in ZENworks Application Virtualization 9

Virtualize and deploy your application portfolio faster than ever with the latest release of ZENworks Application Virtualization. With new features like application harvesting, web-updated templates, and offline streaming support, you can give your workforce the applications they need with minimal effort.

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Your windows 7 migration just got easier

With Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization you can ensure your users have access to the software they need before, during, and after your Windows 7 migration. By virtualizing all of your Windows applications, you can give your users the tools they need to get their jobs done. Best of all, they can use their software with no installation headaches or application conflicts.

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Slash the time required to test and deploy applications

Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization speeds your application deployments by dramatically reducing testing time and eliminating application installations.

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Adopt virtual applications the smart way—go agentless

Easily adopt virtualized applications into your existing IT environment without installing additional agents, device drivers or any server-side architecture.

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Get predictive application streaming at breakneck speeds

Run applications over the Web or from a file share five-to-twenty times faster than other solutions with our predictive streaming technology.

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Do away with application conflicts for premier application security

Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization makes it easy to run applications in a safe, isolated environment that's immune to conflicts with other applications.

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Create a Single, Executable File

One file with everything you need to run applications

Package all your application files, settings, runtimes, and other components into a single compact executable that runs immediately and runs anywhere. And those applications act just as if they were installed locally, even though your OS, registry and run-time environments don't change at all.

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Complete Control of Your Virtual Applications

Complete control of applications from launch to expiration

With ZENworks Application Virtualization, you can both configure a virtual application to launch from portable media such as a USB drive and tell the application to automatically register itself with the host system. In addition, you can control the number of days the application will run and set a specific date for its expiration.


Additional Features

No need to access privileged system resources

Reduce Windows Vista UAC prompts and eliminates most Vista compatibility errors.

Desktop publishing

Use a simple tool to register a virtual application with the host and configure file associations and shortcuts.

One-click component configuration

Quickly add popular runtimes, components and viewers to virtual application executables. This includes support for .NET, Java, Shockwave, Flash and SQL Server 2005 Express.

MSI setup package generation

Deploy virtual applications using MSI setup packages.

File system and registry virtualization

Protect the host OS and registry by simulating those subsystems in virtual applications.

Service and application connections and control

Embed virtualized database and Web services into virtual application executables, enable applications to communicate, and gain fine-grained control over virtual resource sharing between multiple applications.

100-percent user mode implementation

Simplify deployment and operation by eliminating device drivers and privileged operators.

Optional application compression

Accelerate deployment and reduce bandwidth by compressing virtual application files.

Independent patch deployment

Deploy patches for virtual applications independently of the application itself.

Support for Novell ZENworks AXT-based applications and ZENworks Configuration Manager

Make all your virtual and physical applications part of the same unified lifecycle management solution.

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