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Win A free copy of the ‘VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials’, just by leaving a comment!

Duncan Epping · Nov 29, 2012 ·

*** CONTEST CLOSED, winners will receive an email ***

For the contest we have two copies of VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials to be given away to two lucky winners.

How you can win:
To win your copy of this book, all you need to do is leave a comment below which highlights the reason “why you would like to win this book”.

Please note: Winners residing only in the USA and Europe would get a chance to win print copies. Others would be provided with eBook copies.

The contest is valid for 7 days, and is open to everyone. Winners will be selected on the basis of their comment posted and will be notified on Thursday December 6th.

VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials is written by Peter Björk.

In this book you will learn about how application virtualization works and how to deploy ThinApp packages. You will learn how to update and tweak ThinApp Projects before distribution. This book will then cover design and implementation considerations for future ThinApp projects.

This book will be useful to developers, System admins and consultants who want to install and manage a virtualized app environment using VMware ThinApp 4.7.

If you can’t wait… You can find it on Amazon here: Kindle ($ 23.25) – Paper (54.99).

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  1. Gabrie van Zanten says

    29 November, 2012 at 15:17

    I would like to win this book because I’m always making ThinApps of all apps running on my laptop. On Win7 I had 90% of all my apps as ThinApps and could easily reinstall the OS when I felt my laptop became slow and by using dropbox I would just sync my apps back. This book would be great helping me also virtualize the more difficult apps.

  2. Josh says

    29 November, 2012 at 15:18

    I would like to learn more about ThinApp and how to take advantage of learning more about the virtualization world.

  3. Kevin says

    29 November, 2012 at 15:20

    I’m in the middle of reading “The VDI Delusion” and it makes some reference to Thinapp; would be a great treat not to have to buy it

  4. John says

    29 November, 2012 at 15:26

    Just because Sinterklaas probably give me socks or deo and does not know about the existance of this book.

  5. Colin Westwater says

    29 November, 2012 at 15:31

    Would love to win this. Big fan of all VMware software, and ThinApp is not something I have tried yet. Winning a copy would help….

  6. Jon says

    29 November, 2012 at 15:32

    I would like to win this book because I am a geek and Locke VMware. I would love to know about Thinapp and have not had much time to work with it.

  7. vPaule says

    29 November, 2012 at 15:34

    I would love to win this book, simply for getting new ideas for my daily virtualization work.

  8. iArno says

    29 November, 2012 at 15:35

    I’d love to win and read this ! I should win it because I’m already virtually reading it.

  9. Girish Bali says

    29 November, 2012 at 15:38

    how do i get a copy and win.

  10. Chris Oates says

    29 November, 2012 at 15:45

    I would like to win it as thinapp is one of VMwares bet kept secrets and it means I don’t need to waste another year of my life on MS App-v ….. Once I have the knowledge 🙂

  11. Rob Upham says

    29 November, 2012 at 15:46

    I should win this book because I bought the author a beer at VMworld Europe last month.
    Actually, strictly speaking that’s not true because I expensed it.
    Sorry, perhaps I should now be disqualified from winning the book? Yes, I think that would be the only fair thing to do.

  12. Brandon Bazan says

    29 November, 2012 at 15:47

    Hi, I am in the middle of an upgrade with Config manager 2007-2012, App-V, and looking at different MS options. I am a diehard VMware person and am trying my best to sway management to go that route. Any extra knowledge I have as far as packaging applications and VMware will only help aid in my fight to bring VMware back into our org. Thanks!

  13. John Favorite says

    29 November, 2012 at 15:48

    Hi, I have access to the book via safaribooksonline. I am curious to know the main selling points of using ThinApp. I know very little and would like to get an overview without reading the book.. just yet. It seems like the main advantage is sandboxing apps and less intrusive installs. Thanks!

  14. Doug says

    29 November, 2012 at 15:49

    Do you know that Azure bills for resources that are turned off as well as those that are running….

  15. Kevin says

    29 November, 2012 at 15:50

    should not have checked the notify box……. blowing up inbox

  16. Roy Mikes says

    29 November, 2012 at 15:53

    I would like to win this book because I can give this book of knowledge to my colleague that I constantly have a discussion with between Microsoft App-V and VMware Thinapp. So please give me this book so I’m done discussing.

  17. Juan Carlos Castro says

    29 November, 2012 at 15:53

    I have virtualized my servers, my storage, my Clients, the backups…
    Now is time to virtualize my apps!

  18. Igors says

    29 November, 2012 at 16:00

    I still like old-fashioned paper books!

  19. Harry says

    29 November, 2012 at 16:01

    I would love to win this book because i am currently working on a project to access your application anywhere, anytime, anydevice.This will help me to virtualize my application and then access them from anywhere.

  20. Wences Michel says

    29 November, 2012 at 16:03

    I still believe in Santa and wrote him a letter asking for world peace. Also explained to him how VMware can help Santa’s IT department innovate, automate, cut costs and the elves to be more productive. Happy Holiday’s! 🙂

  21. Arun Raju says

    29 November, 2012 at 16:05

    I am prepping for my cert on Desktop Virtualization which has View and ThinApp. This would make it easy for me to review.

  22. Andre says

    29 November, 2012 at 16:07

    I’m already very familiar with the server side of VMware. Adding this book to my reading list would help me also become a ThinApp “rockstar” … just like Björk.

  23. Daniel Lineberry VCP 3,5 says

    29 November, 2012 at 16:08

    I have several customers in my district that use ZenApp for application publishing, hosted on ESX. I would like to be able to know all the capabilities of the new version of ThinApp, so I can better give them another option that would make their environment more homogeneous.

  24. tom says

    29 November, 2012 at 16:28

    Ebooks and learning new things are good. Thank you, Tom

  25. Tonlo says

    29 November, 2012 at 16:29

    I am using almost portable software … As a VMware Infrastructure Admin I should learn about ThinApp 😉

  26. Brian says

    29 November, 2012 at 16:32

    Work daily with virtualization technologies and would love to learn more about another tool that I can use to help customers.

  27. PetriR says

    29 November, 2012 at 16:35

    I have been using Thinapp (Thinstall) since 2006 but i have never read a book 🙂

  28. Alessandro says

    29 November, 2012 at 16:43

    As EMC worker this book would be a cherry pick on my library 🙂 can’t

  29. Alessandro says

    29 November, 2012 at 16:43

    can’t live without it

  30. Ben Liebowitz says

    29 November, 2012 at 16:45

    I would like to learn more about ThinApp and this book would give me the perfect opportunity. I own your vSphere 5.1 Clustering Deepdive book so I know this book will also be very helpful to me.

    Thanks!

    – Ben

  31. Carlos Restrepo says

    29 November, 2012 at 16:50

    I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be – Douglas Adams

    ViVa ThinApp!

    Thanks!

  32. Greg says

    29 November, 2012 at 16:51

    I would like to win this book to learn more about Application Virtualization. I mostly work with Virtual Servers and I think the flexibility to virtualize applications will become increasingly in demand over the next few years.

  33. Ram says

    29 November, 2012 at 16:59

    I would like to compare how this product is superior to app-v from ms. Having worked with MDOP 2012 &h CM2012, I would like to learn this product and it usage with vsphere/view insfrastructure.

  34. Tom EWERLING says

    29 November, 2012 at 17:04

    “After vSphere 5.1 Clustering Deepdive” and Andre Leibovicis “VMware View 5 Desktop Virtualization” this would be the next logical step to take, especially as I’m preparing for my VCP510-DT certification before end of this year.

    With a bit of luck Santa Duncan from the R&D team can make this true 🙂

  35. Toby says

    29 November, 2012 at 17:28

    Always a fan of Peter’s work in the past and look forward to a good read.

  36. wasim shaikh says

    29 November, 2012 at 17:36

    I want to make vmware my second nature

  37. mihochannel says

    29 November, 2012 at 17:38

    I’m big fan of peter. His blog article and comment on community helped me so many times. And I’d loved to read his ThinApp books on my Kindle and if he needed, I can help to translate into Japanese. 😉

  38. gsc2000 says

    29 November, 2012 at 17:52

    To get away from the painful world of xenapp installs !

  39. Asim says

    29 November, 2012 at 17:54

    About a year ago, I was a small part of a team who was working on ThinApp. Right now, I’m in a position where I can introduce and sell it to the Execs in my company. It would be great to get a copy of this book to get myself familiar with the technology. Cheers!

  40. Oliver Screck says

    29 November, 2012 at 17:55

    I would like to win this book to learn the right way of virtualising Apps.

  41. KevinE says

    29 November, 2012 at 18:08

    I would like to win this book so i can share the knowledge with the rest of my team. Having this book would provide a valuable resource for our team that can be referenced at any time. I had the privilege of meeting the Author at VMworld 2012.

  42. Dan says

    29 November, 2012 at 18:22

    I would love to win this book! I have packaged a few apps with ThinApp in the past but would love to take that to the next level and really start unlocking its power.

  43. Ken Williams says

    29 November, 2012 at 18:28

    My company is looking at moving to VDI and ThinApp solutions, it would be great to get ahead of the game with this awesome book.

  44. Adam Nielson says

    29 November, 2012 at 18:32

    I would like to win this book because I like ThinApp almost as much as I like turtles!

  45. Datto says

    29 November, 2012 at 18:32

    This book shows you how to have all-day apps without the carbs. Who wouldn’t want that?

    Datto

  46. Amit Panchal says

    29 November, 2012 at 18:44

    I think I should win this book as having used View already I want my team to take advantage of thin app licenses we have and the best reason to kill off App V as I’m a die hard virtualisation lover !!!

  47. Joeri Kumbruck says

    29 November, 2012 at 19:05

    I would like to win this book as I believe application virtualization is more then ever the future, certainly with vmware thinapp as Vmware’s whole product range is focussed on delivery of desktops and apps any place, any device and time. Also, I would like to share the knowledge of this book with my collegues who are also very deep into application virtualization technologies.

  48. Leonardo says

    29 November, 2012 at 19:46

    Would love to win this. Big fan of all VMware software, and ThinApp is not something I have tried yet. Winning a copy would help….

  49. Andrea says

    29 November, 2012 at 20:12

    I should be winning this book because i am pushing all my customers to use stateless desktop to get full decoupling between userdata/virtualdesktop/endpoint and it’s just so much better if you use ThinApp to deploy and manage your apps!

  50. Mike Brown says

    29 November, 2012 at 20:22

    Hey Duncan,

    Thanks for the post and chance to win. I would like to win the book because I’m a big fan of VMware and the possibilities its software holds for those knowledgeable enough implement it correctly. Application virtualization can be a very useful tool. Having a reference book like this not only gives an historical perspective from which to draw inspiration, but then the in-depth product info gives one the tools to make it happen. I make it a point to read the latest books on virtualization in order to stay as up-to-date as possible and, I’m sorry to say, application virtualization is not my strong point. Reading this book will bring my skills up to date.

    Cheers and thanks again.

    Mike

    http://VirtuallyMikeBrown.com
    https://twitter.com/#!/VirtuallyMikeB
    http://LinkedIn.com/in/michaelbbrown

  51. Win21 says

    29 November, 2012 at 21:01

    Will this book convert an IBM AIX administrator to a VMware administrator ? Real challenge… 🙂

  52. David says

    29 November, 2012 at 21:08

    Thanks!
    I think Thinapp is one of the best Virtualization software ever made,so usefull ,practical and easy to use – I use it every day. I would love to read the book and learn more about Thinpp and all its great functions – David

  53. stephen frassetti says

    29 November, 2012 at 21:16

    I would like to win this book because I am deploying an 18,000 seat View deployment and NEED all of my apps as thin as thin gets! I have most of my apps virtualized and need to know all of the essentials and tricks of the trade to be successful. I promise to pay it forward once I get this ball rolling.

  54. zsoltesz says

    29 November, 2012 at 21:23

    Last year a solved a big issue in my company with a Thinapped IE6. It was my first success in this field of virtualization. So I want to know more about Thinapp, and want to use it more professional way. This book may help me to get greater recognition in my work

  55. Greg says

    29 November, 2012 at 22:06

    That’s the very last VMware technology I am not familiar with, at all… Would be great to have an opportunity to broaden my horizons (don’t to be confused with the product VMware) about Vmware portfolio…

  56. Sunshineknox says

    29 November, 2012 at 22:45

    I deserve this book from all the others because I need an excuse to ignore my wife. There would be no better way to ignore her than reading up on some cool ThinApp considerations.

  57. Steve says

    29 November, 2012 at 23:00

    I have been doing more and more work with ThinApp in recent months. Having a deeper understanding of the product would make my life easier and save me a lot of time. It would be nice to have this book as a knowledge source and reference guide.

  58. Matthias says

    29 November, 2012 at 23:05

    winning or I get lost with 450+ apps and counting …

  59. Bob Sutter says

    30 November, 2012 at 02:26

    I have just begun setting up view at my job. I would love to get a handle on thin app to make the most use of our investment.

  60. Rad Alzyoud says

    30 November, 2012 at 02:54

    Cool. Thanks

  61. tom miller says

    30 November, 2012 at 04:57

    I’d love to win the book as we perform View Jumpstarts and roll-outs. I’m confident it will assist me by teaching me the things I don’t know, therefore teaching others.

    Thanks,
    Tom

  62. Phil Reed says

    30 November, 2012 at 10:01

    I would love to win this book to increase my knowledge on Thinapp, especially in looking to round up our Cloud offerings. There are a number of issues we are meeting with MS App-v which I hope can be avoided by using VMware’s offering.

  63. Michel ten Berg says

    30 November, 2012 at 10:47

    I am using ThinApp for several years now and I am building and supporting stateless desktops for my customers and employer. My goal is to virtualize applications for nearly 100% (with ThinApp) and I can use every documentation/hint/experience on the job to achieve that goal. I believe your book and your status as a ThinApp expert can help me/us to achieve that goal even better.

  64. harshvardhan gupta says

    30 November, 2012 at 11:20

    why you would like to win this book?
    I like to know and understand application virtualization offering from vmware and also want to implement the solution in my organisation.

  65. Manuel says

    30 November, 2012 at 12:26

    Thinapp… or Windows XP for more five years !!!

    😉

  66. Michael W says

    30 November, 2012 at 12:45

    I would love to win this book. I need a new book for my vaccation in february when i have finished reading your book Clustering Deepdive. This will also help me provide better solutions for my customers.

  67. Mario says

    30 November, 2012 at 13:21

    I also would like to win this copy to get more indepp knowhow of thinapp!

  68. Matt says

    30 November, 2012 at 15:42

    I would like to win this book because we have a bunch of garbage in house applications that I can’t get to thinapp correctly.

  69. Nick says

    30 November, 2012 at 16:22

    I would like to win this book because my company is about to start a poc with Thinapps and just looking to gather a much information as possible.

  70. Erik says

    30 November, 2012 at 17:34

    I’d be thrilled to win a copy of this book as ThinApps get more and more in focus in my steps towards “the” optimized VDI-Desktop for as many purposes as possible.

    And besides, it sure is a great book, isn’t it?

  71. Ben says

    30 November, 2012 at 17:48

    Love your site, just getting into using ThinApp at work.

  72. Martin Banda says

    30 November, 2012 at 18:42

    The more I preach and teach about the world of VDI and application virtualization…the more I realize how much there is to preach and teach about it.

    This book would give a big boost into other “unknowns” that there are in VMware Thinapp which will help education and convert the many more I would stil love to reach.

  73. Wes says

    30 November, 2012 at 21:20

    VMware software rocks! It has made my life so much better working in the IT Field and saved us a bunch of money. I use VMware products on the daily on multiple platforms and am just getting into ThinApp. Sounds like this has great potential and would love to be an expert on Application Virtualization as I have yet to meet anyone who is an expert. I have an immediate need for this software for mobile device deployment and testing and this would take my game to the next level. I appreciate the consideration, keep up the good work and take care!

  74. Mike C says

    1 December, 2012 at 03:59

    I’m evaluating the need for thinapp from the small to medium pespective.
    Everyone knows how larger enterprises need a better solution but the needs of the small enterprise are forgotten.
    Thin and VIEW are the future of the desktops of the SME with cloud provision of the extended architecture .
    I’m truly boring I want the book because it will be a great read.

  75. Lior Kamrat says

    2 December, 2012 at 14:45

    I just need to prove our Citrix guys that ThinApp could be even better then native installations – help me do so…

  76. Andrey Vakhitov says

    2 December, 2012 at 15:44

    I want to read book, because it’s very interesting technology.

  77. Lam Viet Thao says

    2 December, 2012 at 17:42

    Not using ThinApp yet. Hopefully i have a chance to read this book for free and i also want to know how ThinApp helps organizations in software virtualization 🙂

  78. Arian van der Pijl says

    2 December, 2012 at 21:31

    I just want it!

  79. Jon H says

    3 December, 2012 at 06:20

    I would like to win the book, “VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials”, because not only I am a big fan of VMware products and technologies, but I follow you on Twitter and also helped your colleague Mark C to achieve 1000 followers recently! I think I would rate at least one of those two copies for such an original post, yes?

  80. Jonathan Wilk says

    3 December, 2012 at 16:01

    I’d love to get my hands on a free copy of this book for the following reasons :
    – I want to know more the product
    – I support the product
    – It was written by Peter Björk
    – Because I hope it’ll be signed by the author! 😛

  81. Francois Couture says

    3 December, 2012 at 17:02

    I would like to win the book just to get myself into the ThinApp world. The product seems so interesting that to have the chance to get a hand on a book like this would be great!

  82. re morgan says

    3 December, 2012 at 20:50

    Simply put, I just want to learn more.

  83. Anton says

    3 December, 2012 at 21:05

    because i love reading books while on the can!

  84. Bonnie Bauder says

    4 December, 2012 at 03:21

    Hmm. I’d like to win this book to prove a point. We’ve been a Citrix shop for 10+ years. I’ve introduced VMware into the fold for the server platform, but I’m still working toward the application virtualization realm. I think the Citrix admins need to read this book.

  85. Neil Barnes says

    4 December, 2012 at 14:51

    I would like to win this book so I can put my Xenapp book under my wobbly desk leg. And can use thinapp instead.

  86. Jake Abbott says

    4 December, 2012 at 15:25

    I have been thinking about giving ThinApp a trial in our enterprise and this book could help make that happen.

  87. Trey Tucker says

    4 December, 2012 at 16:42

    I would like to win this book beacuse I am new to virtualization. My company will be rolling out thin apps in Q1 of 2013. I really think this book would help me out and get me up to speed so I can contribure more to my team. Thank you.

  88. Matt Boyd says

    4 December, 2012 at 17:19

    My company and I are facing several challenges with many public safety related applications. We have a lot of legacy software that refuses to run on anything other than XP or doesn’t like 64bit etc etc. As well we have applications that rely on Java or other frameworks. When you put all of this together it makes things very difficult to manage. I have looked at ThinApp briefly but honestly I just don’t know enough about it. I would love to leverage the capabilities of it to potentially overcome some of the challenges stated. Thanks for the oppurtunity!

  89. Ken says

    4 December, 2012 at 22:16

    I’d love a copy of the book since I haven’t had the opportunity to use or try ThinApp yet and this would give me a reason to get my feet wet.

  90. Andreas Buevik says

    4 December, 2012 at 23:02

    Hi Peter

    You have helped me with some thinapp projects. To get me an even brighter future in application virtualization, the book would probably get me there.

    /Andreas Buevik

  91. Raj says

    5 December, 2012 at 00:12

    This would be great resource for me. My organization has rolled out about 500 iPads, but MS Office functionality is one thing users definitely want. We are running Vmware View on our thin clients as well as our iPads. ThinApp intergration would be the next progression. This book looks like a great resource.

    -Raj

  92. David says

    5 December, 2012 at 00:48

    I would like to know more on ThinApp!

  93. Grant Orchard says

    5 December, 2012 at 01:30

    I’d like to win this because my vSphere Clustering Deepdive books are getting lonely 😉

  94. Pawan says

    5 December, 2012 at 06:27

    I would like to have this to understand relationship between real & virtual App.

  95. mauro says

    5 December, 2012 at 12:40

    I do not find any italian blog about thinapp, winning the book will help me to start the first one.

  96. ptasheq says

    5 December, 2012 at 12:42

    We are currently have View 5.1 in our environment but we did not started with App virtualisation so this book will be a good start 🙂

  97. Rogacz says

    5 December, 2012 at 12:46

    Thinapp everything!

  98. Yuri de Jager says

    5 December, 2012 at 14:57

    I’d like to win this book so I finally got an excuse to start spending time to ThinApp and start thinking about how to get this working in our infrastructure to simplify app delivery.

  99. Renato Nodarse says

    5 December, 2012 at 21:13

    I think i didn’t make it.

  100. Marcelo Baletti says

    5 December, 2012 at 21:35

    I’m on a training of VMware Sphere 5.1 and discover your amazing site! And of course, I would like a copy of the book! 🙂

  101. hemasundar says

    6 December, 2012 at 06:28

    just give me the book… 🙂

  102. Duncan Epping says

    6 December, 2012 at 12:38

    *** CONTEST CLOSED ***

  103. Visan35 says

    4 April, 2013 at 13:15

    I am planning to deploy at work. Can I have a copy of the book?

    • Duncan Epping says

      4 April, 2013 at 15:35

      ** contest closed ** <-- in other words the books have been given away already.

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Duncan Epping is a Chief Technologist in the Office of CTO of the Cloud Platform BU at VMware. He is a VCDX (# 007), the author of the "vSAN Deep Dive", the “vSphere Clustering Technical Deep Dive” series, and the host of the "Unexplored Territory" podcast.

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