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ThinApp Packages
ThinApp package access requires Connector Authentication mode. See Installing and Configuring the
Connector for information about integrating the Connector with ThinApp.
Evaluation and Quick Access to Application Manager
For evaluation purposes, you can access the User Portal as an administrative user with minimum configuration.
This quick-access configuration works in Connector Authentication mode only. Using the Connector Web
interface, you run the initial configuration wizard, stopping before running the setup wizard. The initial
configuration wizard requires you to provide your activation code and information for Active Directory. The
Active Directory information is not used for Directory Sync because quick-access configuration does not enable
directory synchronization. The Active Directory information is required for the following purposes:
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To establish a connection to Active Directory, which is used to verify your administrative user credentials
when you attempt to log in to Application Manager.
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To allow you to log in to the Application Manager. You use the username associated with the Bind DN
user account and respective password as the credentials to log in to Application Manager as an
administrator.
With quick-access configuration, you cannot configure Kerberos authentication, nor can you access Windows
applications captured as ThinApp packages. Also, with the quick-access configuration, you can use the default
internal database, instead of configuring an external database. The purpose of quick-access configuration is to
provide easy access to the basic functionality of Application Manager, which you can evaluate.
Application Manager Database
Application Manager stores information, such as user information, application entitlements, and policies in
an internal database that runs directly in the Application Manager virtual appliance.
IMPORTANT During the proof-of-concept phase, you can use the internal database server. Do not use the internal
database server in production. For production, install and configure an external database server.
To support high availability and load balancing of Application Manager instances, you must configure a
connection from each Application Manager instance to a shared external database server. See “Configure an
External Database Connection,” on page 41. When you switch to an external database server and use multiple
Application Manager instances, you make Application Manager highly available. Making the external
database server highly available is outside the scope of this document. Refer to the database product
documentation for more information.
Installing Application Manager
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