November 18, 2024
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Jeff Ulatoski
Director of Product Management, Omnissa
Jeff Ulatoski leads the product team at Omnissa driving the Apps Everywhere vision and strategy. He directs the development of the App Volumes, Dynamic Environment Manager, and ThinApp products, with a focus on delivering Apps on Demand to meet the evolving needs of modern enterprises. With over 25 years of experience in IT and software development, Jeff has extensive expertise in large-scale enterprise software deployments, business process analysis, and end-user computing systems. His leadership ensures that Omnissa’s solutions are innovative, scalable, and aligned with the future of app virtualization and management.
With Microsoft’s reaffirmation of the end-of-life for App-V server components set for April 2026, organizations relying on App-V for application deployment are now presented with a critical opportunity to reassess their app management strategies. Meanwhile, extended support for the App-V Client and Sequencer means that while security updates will continue, there will not be further feature development. This reality emphasizes the need for organizations to look for a more robust solution to package and manage apps moving forward.
App Volumes for full app lifecycle management
For those of you who need app delivery without relying on App-V servers, Omnissa App Volumes provides a powerful and comprehensive alternative. Designed to deliver and manage applications at scale, App Volumes Manager simplifies app deployment, update cycles, and user access controls across different environments. By using App Volumes, you can upgrade your app lifecycle management toolset to one that scales as business needs grow.
How to remediate existing App-V packages with App Capture
Many organizations have invested substantial resources into building and sequencing their App-V packages. Rather than abandoning these investments, there is an efficient approach to reuse or replace these packages with App Volumes. Here are three options:
Convert App-V packages to App Volumes with App Capture
With the recent release of App Volumes Tools 2410, the App Capture feature provides conversion capabilities, allowing organizations to transform App-V packages directly into App Volumes packages. This process retains the original app configuration, while enabling management through App Volumes Manager. App Capture not only facilitates a smooth transition from App-V but also brings the advantages of App Volumes’ 99% app compatibility and very easy package creation without all the fuss. Learn more by reading the release notes for App Volumes 2410 or this app capture guide.
Capture applications directly into new packages with App Capture
For applications that are not yet virtualized or need updated packaging, App Capture also allows for a clean capture process by creating App Volumes packages without sequencing, uninstall headaches, or fixups. This option is ideal for virtually all applications, especially for anyone looking to replace legacy installs with streamlined, up-to-date packages that fully leverage App Volumes’ capabilities.
Capture App-V packages as-is and deliver with App Volumes
By encapsulating existing App-V packages within an App Volumes package, you can streamline app delivery across desktops and virtualized environments, leveraging the performance benefits and flexibility of App Volumes for delivery while preserving your existing App-V packages.
Move forward with App Volumes
As Microsoft’s app virtualization roadmap changes, transitioning to App Volumes offers an adaptable, future-ready platform. You can even bring these packages to Azure Virtual Desktop and deliver them with our App attach integration we announced with Microsoft. Whether you choose to wrap existing packages or leverage App Capture for conversion, App Volumes helps ensure a secure, scalable path forward for your existing investments while bringing you a new powerful set of capabilities to manage apps in a more modern way.
Read how our customers have benefitted from App Volumes and what they are saying about us in “The Business Value of Omnissa App Volumes,” an IDC report. Then learn even more about App Volumes here. Or contact the Omnissa sales team.