VMware App Volumes 4

VMware App Volumes

 

VMware App Volumes is a portfolio of application and user management solutions for VMware Horizon, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, and RDSH virtual environments.

These solutions take desktop and application environments to the next level by providing radically faster application delivery and simplifying and unifying application and user management, while reducing IT costs by up to 70 percent.

 

App Volumes is available in two editions: 

 

1). App Volumes Advanced – An advanced application and user management solution for enterprise customers with virtual environments powered by Horizon, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, and RDSH.

2). App Volumes Standard – An application and user management solution for virtual environments powered by Horizon, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, and RDSH.

 

App Volumes app delivery architecture and user environment manager helps IT reduce costs and increase productivity. Here’s how: 

• Reduce storage and operational costs by up to 70 percent with one-to-many provisioning, painless packaging, and stable installation. 

• Simplify management by packaging once and deploying everywhere. Manage application inventory and streamline assignment of applications and application updates to end users with zero downtime and quick rollbacks. 

• Free up crucial IT resources from repetitive application and user profile maintenance tasks, and decrease the time spent managing images by up to 95 percent. 

• Increase employee productivity and satisfaction, without increasing IT staff, by delivering personalized applications and user environments that drive the business forward rather than maintaining dated architectures.

 

 

VMware App Volumes 4, version 2006 released on 09 July 2020.

 

App Volumes 4 is now versioned using the YYMM format (version 2006) to align with Horizon, Microsoft Windows, and current industry practices. The previous x.y.z (4.1.0) semantic versioning scheme remains available for each of the components including the App Volumes Manager and agent.

 

What’s New in this version:

 

1) Streamlined assignment flow

2). Assignment filters: Limit delivery to specific computers

3). Multi-format delivery with MSIX app attach (preview)

4). LDAP support for channel binding

5). Performance improvements

6). Rolling upgrade

 

Note:  Before upgrading each server to App Volumes 4, all App Volumes 2.x AVM services must be disabled (disconnected from the database).

 

System requirements (added support)

•          Microsoft Office 2019

•          Microsoft SQL Server 2019

•          Microsoft Windows 10, version 2004

 

 

See the full release notes here.

 

 


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