Data Sheet Desktop Containers

Desktop Containers

In today’s complex world, desktop and web applications make it difficult to keep moving forward—testing costs, application conflicts, framework requirements, or incompatibility with modern Windows operating systems and browsers are just a few of the hurdles you have to overcome. Micro Focus® Desktop Containers enables you to solve these problems by building containerized desktop applications from most Windows- compatible software, allowing you to easily eliminate these hurdles and distribute the application via USB, your favorite endpoint management tool, or the included web portal.

Product Overview Test beta or newly released versions System Requirements of applications without impacting the Micro Focus Desktop Containers helps you over­ For detailed product specifications and ­system come the challenges associated with applica­ ­ installed version. ­requirements, visit: wwww.novell.com/ tion conflicts and the ever changing desktop and Eliminate application failures caused by documentation/mfdc browser landscape by allowing you to create ap- .dll conflicts, overwritten registry entries plications that can be packaged once, and run and other problems that often occur when on any Windows XP or higher device. These ap- you introduce new software into complex Extend application access to those outside plications can then be given to users on a USB user environments. your IT environment while maintaining control of your applications. stick, through a file share, or from an endpoint Embed frameworks required by applications,­ ® management tool like ZENworks . Or you can such as .NET and Java, into the application­ Understand what containerized applications host applications on the included web portal. so that you don’t need to worry about are being run, by whom, and from what Imagine quickly and easily packaging an old ver- whether it is present before deploying device. sion of a browser, with all the plugins you need the application. for a legacy web application, and then ensuring Quickly and Easily Create Containers Reduce the planning and testing process that anytime the user visits the legacy web ap- for a Variety of Applications normally associated with software ­packaging plication that your browser gets used all from Every containerized application executable in- and deployment. today’s latest Windows operating system. cludes three key components: Comply with software rollback and A small, lightweight virtual machine engine ­contingency plans. Key Benefits The application’s programming code Create a self-contained application As a full-featured application containerization A modified Windows registry, metadata, solution, Desktop Containers can help you do ­environment with both desktop security and application compatibility. keys, and other components required to things like: run the application Run software from a wide range of different Run legacy applications on new Windows Unlike many application virtualization prod- operating systems, including Windows 10. media without installing any additional software components onto the host machine. ucts, this does not require additional back-end Leverage containerized browsers to provide components or resources. It works well within Make containerized applications with set access to legacy web applications that practically any software distribution or lifecycle expiration dates available to contractors, require NPAPI plug-ins, Java, Flash or management framework. other legacy technologies. students, or temporary workers. Run legacy applications side-by-side with Maximize performance with containerized their more modern equivalents. applications that are as fast and responsive as non-containerized ones. Data Sheet Desktop Containers

Build and Run TurboScript. Turbo for Micro Focus to ZENworks managed devices or Containerized Applications Desktop Containers also includes members of an Active Directory user group. To provide maximum versatility and flexibility, TurboScript. This powerful scripting When using the Micro Focus Desktop Desktop Containers provides several methods ­language allows you to script the build of Containers server, you can also limit the for building containerized applications: common applications and even integrate number of unique or simultaneous users Auto-configured containerized with the Jenkins continuous integration or devices that can access the application. ­application templates. Access an online platform to automate building of new Application expiration. Configure repository of current application template containerized applications when new ­applications to run for a set number of wizards to build, configure, and customize ­versions of software are released. days or set an expiration date. virtual applications quickly and easily. Application publishing on ­portable Snapshot an application. Capture a Key Features ­media. Configure a containerized ­system’s state before and after you install Desktop Containers offers impressive features ­application to launch from a USB drive an application and automatically configure­ that allow you to take advantage of everything and automatically register itself with the virtual application settings based on containerized applications have to offer: host system. ­observed changes. You can even take Natural end user interaction. Predictive streaming. Build a streaming snapshots of applications while they Containerized applications can be as model that can anticipate user behavior, are running. ­integrated or as separate as you want them resulting in quick, smooth application Manually configure containerized to be. When an application is registered streaming. ­applications. Get granular control over with the local desktop, clicking on a Offline stream support. Run streamed ­settings when necessary. registered file extension or shortcut applications when offline. Convert AXT-based applications. launches the containerized application. Simple web interface. Helps users Convert legacy Micro Focus ZENworks IP blocking. With the Turbo for Micro ­access applications without you building applications into containers if you already Focus Desktop Containers subscription a web portal. use ZENworks to package and distribute add-on, you can isolate specific network Application use tracking. Monitor current applications. resources that an application can access— use and overall access to maintain license Convert ThinApp applications. Convert thus providing a safer and more controlled compliance. VMware ThinApp applications into operating environment. Integration with eDirectory™ and Active containers if you have previously built Browser redirection. Make it easy to Directory. Assign virtual applications to ThinApp applications. use the right application for accessing your existing users and groups. Turbo.net Hub. The Turbo for Micro Focus a web site. The redirector allows you to One-click component configuration. Add Desktop Containers subscription add-on automatically redirect requests to specific popular runtimes, components, and viewers provides you with access to hundreds of servers, domains or subnets from the host to virtual application executables, including applications and thousands of versions of browser to any containerized browser support for .NET, Java, Shockwave, Flash, pre-containerized application images that you’ve built. Coupled with the IP blocking and SQL. you can use to quickly build containerized feature, browser redirector provides a Service and application connections applications that meet your needs. great solution for running legacy web and control. Embed virtualized database Clean Container Packaging. With the ­applications that require old browsers, and web services into virtual application Turbo for Micro Focus Desktop Containers NPAPI plug-ins, and Java. executables, enable applications to subscription add-on, you also get access Creation of a single executable file. communicate and gain granular control to the Turbo command line and the “Clean” Package all application files, settings, over virtual resource sharing between container. This allows you to spawn a new ­runtimes, and other components into multiple applications. container on an existing machine and a single, compact executable that Optional application compression. package many clients by simply running the runs anywhere. Accelerate deployment and reduce installer like you normally would, no need License compliance. Stop license bandwidth by compressing virtual to maintain a clean packaging machine. creep by limiting application execution application files.

2 Independent patch deployment. Deploy crucial add-on: Turbo for Micro Focus Desktop your DevOps environment with TurboScript. patches for virtual applications independent Containers. This powerful add-on provides Ultimately, with Turbo for Micro Focus Desktop of the application itself. access to the Turbo.net hub, featuring thou- Containers, you can package applications even sands of prebuilt containerized applications, faster and realize the value of Micro Focus Turbo for Micro Focus security-enhancing IP blocking technology, Desk­top faster and more securely. Desktop Containers improved packaging capabilities via the turbo Streamline the containerization process and command line and clean container packaging, improve the security of your devices with a and unparalleled automation for integration with

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ERIC ESZ Senior Analyst RBF Consulting

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