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44 End-User Computing For Dummies, Nutanix Special Edition These materials are © 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Any dissemination, distribution, or unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. The fact is that you don't need VDI or DaaS to create an applica- tion catalog. You can use stand-alone tools such as VMware Hori- zon Apps to publish applications and deliver them using session virtualization technologies such as Microsoft RDS. When deployed in this way, the delivery mechanism is imbued with the VMware Blast Extreme protocol to smooth out the user experience, which isn't always the greatest with native RDP. VMware makes available App Volumes, a complete application and user management solution that provides application delivery, iso- lation, and monitoring for VMware Horizon, Citrix VDI, and RDSH environments, depending on the product edition that you select. App Volumes allows IT to very quickly and efficiently create new virtual applications and attach them to virtual desktops and physical desktops by deploying them as VMDKs or VHDs. Finally, VMware also makes available its JMP (pronounced jump) platform, which stands for Just-in-Time Management Platform. JMP wraps together real-time application delivery, fast desktop provisioning, and policy management to create an automated and complete user experience. In the world of Citrix, enterprise applications are managed via Citrix StoreFront, which is an enterprise app store that man- ages access to and delivery of new applications to users. It's a self-service app store that allows users to interact on their own with applications they're allowed to deploy. USING EXISTING ENTERPRISE DESKTOP MANAGEMENT SERVICES Just because you deploy VMware Horizon or Citrix VDI, you don't have to instantly jettison your existing investment in tools like SCCM. If you're comfortable with that tool, you don't need to use any of the application delivery mechanisms available with your VDI solution. You can keep using SCCM's application catalog and other features. Enterprises have devoted a lot of time and effort into perfecting SCCM deployments. You can extend this investment into your VDI environ- ment simply by deploying the SCCM agent to each of your virtual desktops. This adds a bit of complexity at the beginning of your proj- ect, but if you already have a staff that knows how to deploy software and patches and is using SCCM's built-in malware scanner, keep using it as a part of your VDI deployment.