Liquidware's FlexApp technology provides a way to consume applications without installing them within each workspace. FlexApp allows IT administrators to assign applications to groups of end users. By making use of virtual disks for application storage, FlexApp enables organizations to create a single base image for all users and layer in extra applications as needed, thus reducing storage requirements to maintain multiple base images for different departments or segments of users. FlexApp delivers applications that do not install into the workspace, thereby keeping the workspaces clean. Each FlexApp will be the same when deployed onto varied machines. Because no applications are installed with FlexApp, there is typically no need for complex uninstallation scripts to forcefully remove files, settings, or services.
Up until the release of FlexApp One, the ProfileUnity Management Console was required to run FlexApp packages and the user’s workspace needed to be well connected to the corporate domain. With FlexApp One, IT admins now have an easy way to consume user applications on a variety of endpoint or desktop types. The FlexApp One bundler takes an existing FlexApp package and creates an executable that can be distributed in a variety of ways, including via your Microsoft Corporate Portal, SCCM, Microsoft Intune, a flash drive, cloud storage like Dropbox, or OneDrive. ProfileUnity 6.8.5, and newer, also includes a FlexApp One Module that can be used to easily sync packages to client machines, eliminating the need for custom scripting where desired.
Using FlexApp One applications allows remote desktop or laptop users to run applications when disconnected from the corporate network. IT admins can deliver FlexApp One applications to end users on clean, well-managed machines ahead of time. Then end users can run the applications locally when needed.
FlexApp One applications run on demand and act as if they are fully installed on the local machine. By default, when the workspace is restarted, the application is dropped and the machine remains as if the application had never been installed, leaving a clean base image or laptop.
IT admins can use both FlexApp One applications and traditional FlexApp packages for application delivery. FlexApp One applications fulfill the basic need to quickly distribute applications to end users. For advanced use cases, FlexApp packages can rely on the power of ProfileUnity for additional delivery options including cloud storage options, FlexApp Cloaking, context-aware filters, privilege elevation, application restrictions, and registry fixups.
