VMware App Volumes 2.10 Brings Windows 10 Support, Volume Expansion
Nearly a year after the release of App Volumes 2.5, VMware (VMW) announced the upcoming release of App Volumes 2.10, which includes a new set of features and additional support functions for the company’s application delivery system.
Nearly a year after the release of App Volumes 2.5, VMware (VMW) announced the upcoming release of App Volumes 2.10, which includes a new set of features and additional support functions for the company’s application delivery system.
VMware App Volumes 2.10, which is expected to be available later this quarter, includes Windows 10 support, giving IT the ability to attach AppStacks and Writeable Volumes to Windows 10 virtual desktops. In addition, new Microsoft Office support will support Office 365, with additional delivery options for Office 2010 and 2013, according to the announcement.
App Volumes 2.10 also addresses customer concerns about capacity restrictions by providing users with the ability to expand writeable volume size within the solution. Finally, version 2.10 includes greater network compatibility in enterprise environments with IPv6 support, with AppStacks and Writeable Volumes featuring support for VMware vMotion.
Additional enterprise management scale and performance enhancements are also expected to launch in the new version of App Volumes, according to VMware, including:
- Enhanced storage management capable of performing replication of AppStacks across vCenters, with the ability to select which storage to utilize when delivering AppStacks and Writeable Volumes.
- Improved scalability, with 100 percent more support for concurrent connections across multiple vCenters.
- Installation speed increases of up to 50 percent for large applications.
The latest edition of App Volumes seeks to reverse the sluggishness of the overall application market, as application delivery practices continue to fall behind amidst rapid industrywide innovation, according to Harry Labana, vice president of Products and End-User Computing at VMware.
“Delivering an enterprise class, real-time application lifecycle management solution requires a commitment to the cause of re-imagining how to reduce or eliminate the complexity of managing applications,” said Labana in a blog post. “Status quo methods have not been disrupted in over a decade and unfortunately, the habits they have created with IT cannot scale for businesses that require on-demand infrastructure services.”
