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Tech Line: Free and Easy Application Streaming
By Chris Wolf
I often get asked about effective ways to try out new
applications,
and naturally running an application in an isolated virtual
machine
is one of the first alternatives. Staging a VM will take at
least a
little time, and installing an application inside the VM
will take
up some time as well.
Of course, several applications are preconfigured in
downloadable
VMs and are available at VMware's Virtual Appliance
Marketplace
http://www.vmware.c
om/appliances/ . However, there are probably
several applications that you would like to try out without
having
to download or stage a full VM.
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That's where application streaming comes into play.
Application
streaming can allow you to run an application inside an
isolated
container on one of your systems. The isolated container
houses all
of the system dependencies needed by the application in
order to run.
So ultimately, you can get the portability advantages of
server
virtualization for one or more applications.
If you're looking for an easy way to get your feet wet with
application streaming, take a look at http://www.stream24-7.com .
At stream24-7, you can download an application player (think
of
it as an app-streaming equivalent to Adobe PDF Reader) and
then
run any streamable application hosted on the site.
To get started, you first need to register for an account at
stream24-7.com. Once you have an account, you can then
browse
the site for streamable applications. (The Endeavors
Technologies
folks that host the site have yet to add a site search
engine. I
asked for a stream24-7 search engine on my Christmas List,
and
I'm hoping that Santa will deliver.)
A good application to take for a test-drive is OpenOffice.
To try
it out without having to install OpenOffice, follow these
steps:
1. Browse stream24-7's business applications and
click on the OpenOffice link.
2. If you are registered and logged in, you will
see the "Stream it now" button. Click it.
3. Stream24-7 will now install the AppExpress Client
application player. The player installs as an
Active X plug-in and thus requires Internet
Explorer (or use of the IE Tab plug-in within
Firefox).
4. The Active X plug-in automatically downloads the
application player files and launches the
AppExpress Client Installation wizard. When
prompted, click Install.
5. When the IE popup wizard that launched the
AppExpress Client installation shows
"Installation Complete," you can close the
window.
6. You should now see the AppExpress Client object
on your system tray. Double-click on the
AppExpress Client object to launch the client.
Alternatively, the client can be opened by clicking
Start | All Programs | AppExpress Client | Start
AppExpress Client.
7. In the Available Applications tab, you should see
OpenOffice 2.3 listed (see Fig. 1 at
htt
p://admin.mcpmag.com/images/071226mcp_wolf.jpg).
With OpenOffice 2.3 highlighted, click Active.
8. When asked if you are sure you want to active the
application, click Yes. The application will now
stream down to your system. Don't worry, only the
essential code needed to start OpenOffice is
streamed down, so you'll only need to wait a
few minutes.
9. Once the activation completes, you're ready to run
OpenOffice. For example, you can start the
OpenOffice word processor by clicking Start | All
Programs | OpenOffice.org 2.1 | OpenOffice.org Writer.
As you continue to use other features of OpenOffice, they
will be
downloaded as needed. Again, the benefit of application
streaming
is that you can use and try out applications without having
to
install them. Installing applications is often a big deal
with
the numerous freeware and shareware applications out there,
as
oftentimes you're unsure of if they are installing spyware
on
your system.
The AppExpressLite runtime creates a thin layer between the
user
interface and the underlying system resources. So it appears
that
OpenOffice is fully installed. Simply uninstalling
AppExpress
Lite removes any programs that it presents.
Application streaming has been becoming increasingly popular
lately. If you're new to the technology, I'd recommend that
you
start with stream24-7, to see what the fuss is all about,
and try
out a new application or two while you're at it. You'll
probably
find that once you're familiar with app streaming, you'll
find
multiple use cases for it in your organization.
If you'd like to try out streaming some of your own custom
applications, then I'd recommending taking AppExpress Lite
for a
spin. AppExpress Lite is free application streaming software
that
allows you to set up your own application streaming server
and
stream your organization's applications to clients.
Happy streaming!
Comment: http://mcpmag.com/columns/article.asp?editorialsid=2
440#post
Chris Wolf, MCSE, MCT, CCNA, is a Microsoft MVP for
Windows-
Virtual Machine. As a senior analyst for Burton Group,
virtualization solutions, high availability, storage and
enterprise management. He's the author of
"Virtualization: From
the Desktop to the Enterprise" (Apress, http://tinyurl.com/cgu7n
),
"Troubleshooting Microsoft Technologies" (Addison
Wesley,
http://tinyurl.com/byr4t
), and a contributor to the "Windows
Server 2003 Deployment Kit" (Microsoft Press,
http://tinyurl.com/e4pja
). chrischriswolf.com
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WHAT MADE HEADLINES AT MCPMAG.COM
- Microsoft Releases Stopgap Fix for Flawed IE Patch
To end a busy week where Microsoft scrambled to respond to
complaints
about a faulty patch for Internet Explorer, the software
giant said
Friday it released an automated workaround to solve the
glitch.
According to Microsoft Security Response spokesman Bill
Sisk, the fix
mostly revolves around Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and
the
accompanying IE version 6, even though Security Bulletin
MS07-069 was
an all-encompassing update for all versions of the browser.
By Jabulani Leffall
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- Microsoft Primed for a 'Hyper' 2008
Like a kid who's overdosed on Christmas cookies, Microsoft
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like it's going to have a hyper 2008.
That's because of the introduction of Redmond's first
enterprise-class
virtualization product, christened "Hyper-V."
Formerly codenamed
"Viridian", Microsoft hopes Hyper-V will be able
to compete more
directly with products from industry titan VMware and
gaining-steam
XenServer, which started life as XenSource before its recent
purchase
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