Administration

5 Register the shared folder as an application repository in Horizon Administrator.
6 In Horizon Administrator, scan the MSI packages in the application repository and add
selected ThinApp applications to Horizon Administrator.
7 Decide whether to assign the ThinApp applications to machines or desktop pools.
If you use a common naming convention for your machines, you can use machine assignments
to quickly distribute applications to all of the machines that use that naming convention. If
you organize your desktop pools by department or user type, you can use desktop pool
assignments to quickly distribute applications to specific departments or users.
8 In Horizon Administrator, select the ThinApp applications to assign to your machines or
desktop pools and specify the installation method.
Option Action
Streaming Installs a shortcut to the application on the machine. The shortcut points to
the application on the network share that hosts the repository. Users must
have access to the network share to run the application.
Full Installs the full application on the machine's local file system.
9 In Horizon Administrator, check the installation status of the ThinApp applications.
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