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Comprehensive List of Software that Virutalizes
Comprehensive List of Software that Virutalizes
- Can anyone provide a comprehensive list of applications that have been virutalized? Perhaps broken down by Major or Minor issues?
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- Comprehensive List of applications that have been virtualized !! :)
AFAIK Any application can be virtualized untill one or all of the statements below is true:
1. Application integrates closely with Windows OS like Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer, Shell extensions.
2. Applications that install Drivers like hardware dependent applications, PDF Printers.
3. Applications which use APIs to get the required data rather than reading it from windows Registry.
4. Applications for which licensing terms prevent you to virtualize the application.
Given the above statements I guess around 70% of the applications developed so far could be virtualized. Hence creating a comprehensive list would be a tedious task.
Again, You can categorize an application using the above framework as a base model and then see if the application is a candidate for Virtualization or not and Build your own list.
If you would like to know about the list of most common applications that have been virtualized then search for posts by Tim, Znack, Kalle and few others.
I hope this helps.- Marked As Answer byDuBir Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:27 PM
- Hello,
Well, so far there is always a new use, configuration or something else in every program I have sequenced that might change if the program is a good candidate for sequencing or not.
As an example; I am distributing Acrobat 8 at one customer, however a second one had requirements that would not allow it to be sequend.
That list would have many buts and ifs.....
So; know your applications, regardless of distribution, is probably the best way to determine how they should be distributed.
/Znack- Marked As Answer byDuBir Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:26 PM
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- I'm afraid nobody's able to provide such list, as there has to be thousands and thousands of applications that has so far been virtualized with SoftGrid/App-V.
May I ask for what purpose you would need such list?
/Kalle - Comprehensive List of applications that have been virtualized !! :)
AFAIK Any application can be virtualized untill one or all of the statements below is true:
1. Application integrates closely with Windows OS like Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer, Shell extensions.
2. Applications that install Drivers like hardware dependent applications, PDF Printers.
3. Applications which use APIs to get the required data rather than reading it from windows Registry.
4. Applications for which licensing terms prevent you to virtualize the application.
Given the above statements I guess around 70% of the applications developed so far could be virtualized. Hence creating a comprehensive list would be a tedious task.
Again, You can categorize an application using the above framework as a base model and then see if the application is a candidate for Virtualization or not and Build your own list.
If you would like to know about the list of most common applications that have been virtualized then search for posts by Tim, Znack, Kalle and few others.
I hope this helps.- Marked As Answer byDuBir Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:27 PM
Comprehensive List of applications that have been virtualized !! :)
AFAIK Any application can be virtualized untill one or all of the statements below is true:
1. Application integrates closely with Windows OS like Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer, Shell extensions.
2. Applications that install Drivers like hardware dependent applications, PDF Printers.
3. Applications which use APIs to get the required data rather than reading it from windows Registry.
4. Applications for which licensing terms prevent you to virtualize the application.
Given the above statements I guess around 70% of the applications developed so far could be virtualized. Hence creating a comprehensive list would be a tedious task.
Again, You can categorize an application using the above framework as a base model and then see if the application is a candidate for Virtualization or not and Build your own list.
If you would like to know about the list of most common applications that have been virtualized then search for posts by Tim, Znack, Kalle and few others.
I hope this helps.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd871278.aspx
You can refer to the above link for a comprehensive list of criteria to conclude whether your applications are a candidate for Virtualization or not.- It would seem that a lot of work would have been done by others in making the determination. I tried to find a list of the "most common applications virutalized" with no success.
Starting from scratch - researching and testing all my applications - is likely re-inventing the wheel.
Thanks. - Hello,
Well, so far there is always a new use, configuration or something else in every program I have sequenced that might change if the program is a good candidate for sequencing or not.
As an example; I am distributing Acrobat 8 at one customer, however a second one had requirements that would not allow it to be sequend.
That list would have many buts and ifs.....
So; know your applications, regardless of distribution, is probably the best way to determine how they should be distributed.
/Znack- Marked As Answer byDuBir Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:26 PM
