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Integrating ThinApp Packages with
Horizon Application Manager
Horizon Application Manager is a unified application catalog and broker in the cloud that presents end users
with applications they can log into with a single sign-on. These applications can be:
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existing application-deployment tools. Now VMware provides an alternative means of application deployment
that is part of the VMware unified product set. Horizon Application Manager is a single portal that delivers not
only ThinApp virtualized applications, but also SaaS and federated web applications, in the cloud.
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The administration portal and user portal are in the cloud, and the Horizon Connector and Horizon Agent are on
premise.
Horizon Components
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(On-Premise) (Cloud Service)
ThinApp Repository
(Windows Application Share)
Horizon Connector
Active Directory
Horizon Service
AD
Virtual
Appliance
Figure 21: ThinApp and Horizon Application Manager Basic Architecture