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If you are already familiar with the Package.ini configuration file for a ThinApp package, you will notice
three new parameters for the Horizon enablement.
Figure 5: New Package.ini Parameters for Horizon Enablement
AppID=genid entry in Package.ini
programs and services touching the ThinApp package.
NotificationDLLsHorizonPlugin.dll) that the ThinApp runtime calls
to check with the Horizon Agent for entitlement to run the application.
HorizonOrgUrl
customerdomain
.horizonmanager.com) you
automatically initiate VMware Horizon Agent installation if the Agent is not already installed when the user
tries to launch the ThinApp package.
In summary, the Setup Capture process can now be used to quickly and easily enable ThinApp packages to
Integrating ThinApp Packages with Horizon Application Manager
.
If you do not choose to enable the ThinApp package for Horizon, the Groups window appears in the Setup
Capture sequence of windows.
Using Active Directory Groups to Authorize ThinApp Packages
The process of deploying virtualized applications oers administrators control and flexibility over which
machines and users receive the application packages and the ability to launch the packages. Utilizing Active
addition to these organizational controls, VMware ThinApp allows an administrator to embed access control
into the package. This access control mechanism is obfuscated from the end user when the package is built so
it is impossible to identify or remove before the application is launched. In this way, the access control travels
with the package if it is moved between devices after deployment.