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Application Manager is an identity and access management service or virtual appliance that unifies your
software as a service (SaaS) applications and Windows applications (captured as ThinApp packages) into a
single catalog for entitlement.
Table 2-1. Application Manager Component Terminology
Application Manager Component Other Terms Used Description
Application Manager deployment
n
None The entire Application Manager
deployment, including Application
Manager, the Connector, the related
interfaces to access those components,
and all other components necessary to
enable users to access applications.
Application Manager
n
Application Manager
n
Application Manager Appliance
None
n
hosted service
n
on-premise appliance
Two versions of Application Manager
exist: the hosted service and the on-
premise virtual appliance. As a
generalization, both versions are
referred to as the service. If you have the
hosted service, it is maintained for you.
If you have the on-premise appliance,
you install and maintain it yourself.
Application Manager stores
entitlement, SaaS, policy, and ThinApp
package information and
communicates with your Connector
instances to access Active Directory
information.
Application Manager virtual appliance
interface
n
virtual appliance interface The interface of the Application
Manager virtual appliance. You use this
interface to perform the initial
configuration of Application Manager
on premise. You also use this interface
to access the command-line interface of
the underlying Linux operating system.
Application Manager Operator Web
interface
n
Operator Web interface The browser-based interface of the on-
premise version of Application
Manager that individuals with operator
privileges access to manage
organizations and the Operator
application catalog. Application
Manager provides multi-tenancy. This
interface provides an overview of all the
organizations managed by Application
Manager.
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